Let's get from them a $15 or $20 co-pay, which is a third or so of the cost of going to the doctor, and a little co-pay on medicine perhaps, again all as reasonable as you can make it, with participation fee from the SCHIP folks. ❋ Jason Salzman (2011)
 Let's get from them a $15 or $20 co-pay, which is a third or so of the cost of going to the doctor, and a little co-pay on medicine perhaps, again all as reasonable as you can make it, with participation fee from the SCHIP folks. ❋ Jason Salzman (2011)
The Woonsocket, R.I., company's move highlights the friction over so-called "co-pay cards" from drug makers that can short-circuit incentives used by health plans to encourage less expensive medications. ❋ Jon Kamp (2011)
The total cost was less that the Medicare co-pay would have been. 4 days in the hospital with all kinds of X-rays, scans and meds for only US$2,800. ❋ Unknown (2010)
As may be the case with the meds you take, we needed the insurance coverage to help with paying for some extremely expensive medications .... on a single order, our co-pay alone could run over a thousand dollars! ❋ Unknown (2009)
In response to the Obama administration's plans to eliminate the co-pay for contraception, Dana Perino of Fox News responded that she didn't see why women spending money on $5 frappuccinos couldn't spend $5 for a contraception co-pay -- with no clue that there might be women who can't afford $5 for coffee. ❋ June Carbone (2011)
They would discuss my potential co-pay only if I were applying for financial assistance. ❋ Unknown (2009)
These are simply benefits that you are paying for "up front" with your premium; you can't be charged an additional co-pay, co-insurance or deductible. ❋ Emily Spitzer (2012)
With high-pay compensation and virtually no benefits co-pay, the politically arrogant unions are bankrupting America -- which by some estimates is suffering from $3 trillion in unfunded liabilities. ❋ Unknown (2011)
But the PBM sector's industry group recently issued a study claiming co-pay cards could hike drug costs to employers and health insurers by $32 billion over the next decade. ❋ Jon Kamp (2011)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services caused quite a stir recently when it made final a rule requiring private insurance plans to cover basic preventive services without an additional co-pay or deductible starting in 2012. ❋ Emily Spitzer (2012)
The company added that a number of drugs removed from its list include those supported by co-pay cards, along with costly drugs that aren't used much. ❋ Jon Kamp (2011)
We just had to pay the co-pay on an emergency room visit which ran over $500 and we are still waiting on the bill from me having the baby. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Included in the adjustments are the accelerated introduction of co-pay fees for some health-care visits. ❋ Alessandra Galloni (2011)
These co-pay cards give consumers a break at the pharmacy by offsetting higher co-pays for branded pills, and the drug industry defends them as a way to defray high out-of-pocket costs while encouraging adherence to medication. ❋ Jon Kamp (2011)
PBMs tend to get better profit margins from generic drugs than branded versions, and they don't like manufacturer discounts that can negate co-pay levels health plans set to urge use of cheaper drugs. ❋ Jon Kamp (2011)
