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Exceeding Family Cost Share Limits

Likelihood of Exceeding Family Cost Sharing Limits

Authors: Mark Merlis

December 1998

The S-CHIP legislation limits combined premiums and cost-sharing to 5 percent of family income. Because many managed care plans impose very limited cost-sharing, children in such plans are unlikely to reach the limits unless they have a catastrophic illness or they are in a family with many kids. This report examines the likelihood of exceeding family cost sharing limits.


This report was prepared with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

 

 
 
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