| The price consumers have to pay now is often higher than the insurance copayment they were responsible for when the drug was prescription-only. |
| A principal feature of the healthcare philosophy is that of individual responsibility for health and the need for copayment for services provided. |
| If a modest patient copayment were imposed, many prescriptions could be provided at zero cost to the taxpayer. |
| Patients are required to pay a copayment for services provided by hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments. |
| It checks that the patient has valid health insurance and verifies his copayment before he comes in. |
| A 30-baht copayment for every treatment is something the poorest illiterate farmer in north-east Thailand can understand. |
