healthcare reform
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- noun
- /ˈhɛlθˌkɛr rɪˈfɔrm/
:
reforma sanitaria
- The government is aiming to implement significant healthcare reform to ensure that all citizens have access to medical services.
- healthcare reform bill
- healthcare reform efforts
- healthcare reform views
And so we've tried to use that influence to push on healthcare reform, to make sure we have affordable healthcare.
- And so we've tried to use that influence to push on healthcare reform, to make sure we have affordable healthcare.
- You saw the the attempted passage of the Health Security Act, health for healthcare reform, important work on cigarettes and privacy.
- You brought up the healthcare reform case that is clearly going to be going the individual mandate, the limits of the congresses Commerce Clause powers.
Examples
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What people need to understand about healthcare reform is that we can improve the quality of care and lower spending at the same time.
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Arguably, healthcare reform was one of the issues that won Bill Clinton the presidency in 1992.
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The healthcare reform continues to heat up in congress, but at what cost to the industry?
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Many people, both in and out of the healthcare industry, have been calling for healthcare reform.
Academic text (2002) -
We have a new administration that has promised "change," a major focus of which is "healthcare reform."
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I'm here to talk about healthcare reform and I decided to focus on what should be done and why it should be done.
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Perhaps they believe that cooperation will bring them a place at the planning table for healthcare reform.
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If you wanted to truly affect healthcare reform, you'd do something about cost.
Blog text (23) -
President Clinton initiated an extensive debate on healthcare reform at the end of September 1993.
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The debate surrounding healthcare reform has raised passions rarely seen in domestic politics.
Academic text (1994)
How Extensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'changes to improve a country's health care system' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'healthcare' (medical services) with 'reform' (a process or plan to improve institutions). This noun+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern ("reform of X"), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
Healthcare reform gives an easy image: healthcare is the system of doctors and hospitals, and reform means to change something to make it better, like fixing a broken building. So 'healthcare reform' feels like rebuilding or repairing the health system, which is why it means 'making changes to improve' a country's health care.