healthsubsidies
nounUK /ˈhɛlθˌsʌbsɪdiz/
US /ˈhɛlθˌsʌbsɪdiz/
Money that the government gives to help people pay for doctors and medicine.
The new healthsubsidies helped the family afford their son's asthma medicine.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Financial support given to hospitals or clinics to keep their services running.
Rural clinics relied on healthsubsidies to stay open through the winter.
3. Government payments that lower the cost of health insurance plans for buyers.
Healthsubsidies on the marketplace made the monthly premiums much cheaper.
4. Money set aside by an employer to help workers with medical costs.
The company's healthsubsidies covered part of the employees' dental bills.
5. Discounts or aid from charities that help poor patients pay for care.
Local healthsubsidies paid for the elderly woman's eye surgery.