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socialized medicine
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so·cial·ized medicine (ssh-lzd)
n.
A government-regulated system for providing health care for all by means of subsidies derived from taxation.
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The underlying premise of nationalized medicine is that individuals do not own their bodies; rather, the collective does.
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Nationalized medicine requires a "balance" between the interests of a patient and that of "`Society," as determined by the government or quasi-governmental agency.
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