“We find that, on average, privately insured people with an obesity diagnosis have higher total and out-of-pocket spending than people without an obesity diagnosis. We also look at the cost of common surgical and pharmacological treatments for obesity,” the researchers explai...
F. Coburn, "Access to Rural Mental Health Services: Service Use and Out-of-Pocket Costs," Journal of Rural Health, Vol. 26, No. 3, Summer 2010, pp. 214-224.Ziller, E. C., Anderson, N. J. & Coburn, A. F. (2010). Access to Rural Mental Health Services: Service Use ...
more than half of patients pay deductibles or coinsurance and may experience substantial increases in out-of-pocket spending when drug prices increase,” researchers explained.
For this study, Dr. Shih and colleagues evaluated total and out-of-pocket costs of cancer care around the first year of diagnosis (2 months before and 12 months after) among privately insured, nonelderly adults diagnosed with female breast, colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer...
PALATINE, Ill. (CBS)-- A suburban couple struggling with medical bills claims the government told them to get a divorce to lower their out-of-pocket cost. CBS 2's Lauren Victory looked into the idea of busting up a marriage to save cash. ...
Out-of-pocket expenses refer to money spent on medical costs such as co-pays, coinsurance, and deductibles. The maximum out-of-pocket expenditure under the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) is $9,450 for an individual and $18,900 for a family plan (tax year 2024), no matter ...
The first of this two article series quantified and explained out of pocket (OOP) cost in the Australian Health system. _Some areas of OOP costs are acceptable and there is no need to intervene. OOP costs for non PBS pharmaceuticals, for example, largely reflect discretionary spending ...
Increased coverage for institutional delivery (ID) is one of the essential factors for improved maternal and child health (MCH). Though, ID increased over time, out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for the care-seeking families had been found to be growing, parallelly. Hence, we estimated OOPE ...
The amount you pay for coinsurance—as well as your copays and deductible—all count toward the out-of-pocket maximum for the year. When you reach your out-of-pocket maximum, the plan pays 100% of covered costs for the rest of the year. ...
Reimbursable out-of-pocket costs can also occur when traveling. If part of a person’s job involves hopping on a plane and attending conferences throughout the year, expenses such as food, hotel, airfare, tips, etc., are often reimbursable. Some companies opt not to pay for alcoholic bevera...