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Record 1 2009-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
CONT

Copayments and coinsurance charges are charges that beneficiaries pay when they receive a service. A copayment is a dollar amount that someone must pay when using a specific service. Coinsurance is similar to a copayment, but is expressed as a percent of the cost of the service received (rather than as a flat dollar amount).

OBS

coinsurance charge; coinsurance fee; co-insurance charge; co-insurance fee: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • coinsurance charges
  • coinsurance fees
  • co-insurance charges
  • co-insurance fees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Assurance-maladie
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
CONT

Franchise annuelle de 50 $ pour les prestations autres que pharmaceutiques [...] et frais de coassurance de 30 % pour les ordonnances, jusqu'à concurrence de 25 $ par médicament admissible par ordonnance.

Spanish

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