Does a One Size Fits All Cost-Sharing Approach Incentivize Appropriate Medication Use?

Patients contribute to health care costs through out-of-pocket expenses, like  copays and coinsurance. These cost-sharing mechanisms are intended to help payers  manage costs and encourage more efficient use of health care resources.

Patients contribute to health care costs through out-of-pocket expenses, like copays and coinsurance. These cost-sharing mechanisms are intended to help payers manage costs and encourage more efficient use of health care resources.

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February 2017.

Variable Cost-Sharing