health care -
social insurance for the ill and injured
social insurance government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue
medicare health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over
medicaid health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program
health care -
the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
Health care or healthcare is the treatment and prevention of illness. Health care is delivered by professionals in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and allied health. The social and political issues surrounding access to healthcare in the US have led to vigorous public debate and the almost colloquial use of terms such as health care (medical management of illness), health insurance (reimbursement of health care costs), and public health (the collective state and range of health in a population).
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health care The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.
health care Treatment done for a patient in order to alleviate his pain and to heal him.
