Medicare is a federally funded health insurance program for Americans over age 65 and people who have been deemed disabled. In 1972, people requiring dialysis became newly entitled to this health benefit.
Climate change is any significant long-term change in the expected patterns of average weather of a region (or the whole Earth) over a significant period of time. Climate change is about abnormal variations to the climate, and the effects of these variations on other parts of the Earth.
climate. n. 1. (Physical Geography) the long-term prevalent weather conditions of an area, determined by latitude, position relative to oceans or continents, altitude, etc. 2. (Physical Geography) an area having a particular kind of climate. 3. a prevailing trend or current of feeling: the political climate.. a region or area characterized by a given climate: to move to a warm climate. 3. the prevailing attitudes, standards, or conditions of a group, period, or place: a climate of political unrest.