state medicine

state medicine
noun
: administration and control by the national government of medical and hospital services provided to the whole population and paid for out of funds raised by taxation — compare socialized medicine

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state medicine,
a system under which medical care and hospital services are provided by the government for all in the state, the costs being borne by some form of taxation.

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