Look up: Co-payment

1. Co-payment
   Co-payment: A payment made by an individual who has health insurance, usually at the time a service is received, to offset some of the cost of care. Co-payments are a common feature of HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) and PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) health plans in the US. Co-payment ...
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2. Co-payment
   In some Medicare health plans, this is the amount a Medicare beneficiary must pay for each medical service they receive. In the Medicare program, a co-payment is usually a set amount a beneficiary pays for a service, for example, $5 or $10 for a doctor visit.
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3. Consolation payment
   `Consolation payments` is payment given to relatives of civilians who have died accidentally. US Representative John Murtha has said that the United States has paid $5 million in consolation payments to the Iraqis in 2004 and $20 million in 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13296235/page/3/. See also:
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4. Contactless payment
   `Contactless payment` systems are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smartcards or other devices which use RFID for making secure payments. The embedded chip and antenna enable consumers to wave their card or fob over a reader at the point of sale. Some suppliers claim that transactions can be ...
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5. Contractual Payment
   Payment agreed in the original contract with the creditor.
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6. copayment
   A provision by which the insured individual shares in the cost of certain expenses. The same as coinsurance. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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7. copayment
   short: copay; A percentage of the charges for which you are responsible when receiving covered services....
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8. Copayment
   The `copayment` or `copay` is a payment defined in the insurance policy and paid by the insured person each time a medical service is accessed. It is technically a form of coinsurance, but is defined differently in health insurance where a coinsurance is a percentage payment after the deductible up ...
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