The copayments, user fees, information barriers, and bureaucratic logjams that impair access, especially by the poor, must be eliminated. |
Insurance policies that do cover alternative therapies generally have high deductibles and copayments. |
Now there is pressure by employers to increase copayments and require higher deductibles, shifting the rising cost of care to the individual. |
For patients with insurance, copayments for generic versions are lower than those for brand-name medications. |
Morris also suggests that copayments are one way to control costs, since they act as a deterrent on consumption. |
The hotels then terminated the pact and for the first time imposed health care copayments for employee family members. |