socialized medicine 
noun [mass noun] US
The provision of medical and hospital care for all by means of public funds.After 1989, socialized medicine ended and medical care moved toward privatization....
- What I found interesting here is that half the country gets socialized medicine already (adding up Medicare and Medicaid).
- This gives a hint of the strategic position the Academy of General Practice will fill years ahead while the issue of socialized medicine is debated in the forum of public opinion.