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national insurance
social insurance program in Britain; based on contributions from employers and employees; provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services
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national assistance, social assistance, supplementary benefit
benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law
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Social Security
social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance
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unemployment compensation
payment by a United States agency to unemployed people
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disability insurance
social insurance for the disabled
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health care
social insurance for the ill and injured
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old-age insurance
insurance paid to the elderly
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survivors insurance
insurance paid to surviving spouses
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Medicare
health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over
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Medicaid
health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program
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primary health care
health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system
