A cost-sharing requirement under a health insurance
policy which provides that the insured will assume a portion or percentage of the costs of
covered services. After the deductible is paid, this provision forces the subscriber to pay for a certain percentage of any remaining
medical bills, usually 20 percent.*
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*Extracted from Family Physicians
and Managed Care: A View to the 90's: (paperback 1993) with permission from American Academy of Family Physicians
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