health care

1. 1.

   social insurance for the ill and injured

   Broadersocial insurance

   NarrowerMedicareMedicaidprimary health care
2. 2.

   the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession

   Synonymshealthcare

   Broadercare

Questions about health care

What does health care mean?

health care means "social insurance for the ill and injured". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for health care?

Close synonyms include healthcare. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is health care a common word?

health care is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.