| 单词 | Medibank |
| 释义 | Medibank, n. Now Hist.|ˈmɛdɪbæŋk|
[f. medical a. + bank n.3]
A national scheme of health insurance which operated in Australia between 1974 and 1978. Freq. attrib.
1975Facts on File 22 Mar. 184/3 Social Security Minister William Hayden said March 16 that the cost of the federal government's Medibank health program would total about $A1.4 billion in the next fiscal year. 1975Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 24 May 9/5 After July 1, the cards will identify pensioners as patients eligible for free medical and optometrical services under Medibank. 1976Lancet 30 Oct. 952/2 Under Medibank, introduced by the late Labour Government, free accommodation and treatment in public (State-supported) hospitals was available in all States for anyone who desired it. 1979Ann. Reg. 1978 308 The federal commitment to public health expenditure was reduced by finally abolishing the already much modified Medibank system for paying hospital and medical accounts.., and with it any compulsion to carry health insurance or an equivalent payment to government. 1984Financial Times 3 Feb. 4/4 The Health Minister..added that many Labor supporters ‘bitterly resented the (former) Fraser Government's complete dismantling of all the programmes of the Whitlam years, especially those like Medibank (Medicare's predecessor)’. |
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