The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to waive copayments for eligible American Indian and Alaska Native veterans for visits to community-based urgent care facilities beginning this month. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of veterans will resume paying a portion of their prescription medication cost following a two-year suspension of the ...

Background: High copayments may present a barrier to medication adherence among patients with chronic conditions such as hyperlipidemia. Objective: To assess the effects of statin copayments on statin ...

Eager to reduce unnecessary use of hospital emergency departments by Medicaid enrollees, states are increasingly implementing cost sharing for nonemergency visits. This paper uses monthly data from ...

The Supreme Court is currently debating whether or not the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. Whether the court does or does not overturn the law, affordability will be an issue for many Americans ...

Health insurance is an essential safeguard against unexpected and unaffordable medical expenses, but policies can be pricey. You can spend thousands a year on premiums, and even with health insurance, ...

We all know that copayments should be collected at time of service. In fact, a pattern of waived co-payments can be considered fraud.* In addition, federal requirements indicate that any refund ...