English Dictionary

ObamaCare

IPA（発音記号）

/oʊˈbɑ məˌkɛəɹ/

固有名詞

アメリカ英語 新語

(US, neologism, originally derogatory) Any of various healthcare plans seen as associated with Barack Obama before or during his tenure as U.S. President; especially, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): a healthcare reform plan that was passed in 2010 and signed into law by him.

日本語の意味

バラク・オバマ大統領が在任中またはその前に関連していた、アメリカの医療制度改革や医療保険の一環として認識される各種医療プラン、特に2010年に成立した「患者保護および適正医療法（Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act）」を指す。

During the town hall, several constituents voiced concerns about ObamaCare's impact on their family doctor's availability.

タウンホールで、何人かの有権者が、バラク・オバマに関連する医療保険制度がかかりつけ医の受診可能性に与える影響について懸念を表明した。

意味（1）

(US, neologism, originally derogatory) Any of various healthcare plans seen as associated with Barack Obama before or during his tenure as U.S. President; especially, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): a healthcare reform plan that was passed in 2010 and signed into law by him.

For some reason, Obama's senior economist, Austan Goolsbee, chooses not to believe this about Obamacare, possibly because he figures the private-but-regulated health-care plans in Obama's National Health Insurance Exchange would be more generous than Obama's public health-care plan.