socialized medicine (redirected from Nationalized Medicine)

so·cial·ized medicine (ssh-lzd)

n.

A system for providing medical and hospital care for all at a nominal cost by means of government regulation of health services and subsidies derived from taxation.

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socialized medicine,

n a system for the delivery of health care in which the expense of care is borne by a governmental agency supported by taxation rather than being paid directly by the client on a fee-for-service or contract basis.

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socialized medicine A health care system in which 1. The entire population's health care needs are met without charge or at a nominal fee and 2. The organization and provision of all medical services are under direct governmental control. Cf Social medicine.