Health insurance usually pays less than the total loss incurred by levying out-of-pocket or direct costs...
Health insurance usually pays less than the total loss incurred by levying out-of-pocket or direct costs on the patient. This is known as:
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cost-shifting. |
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risk. |
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moral hazard. |
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maximization. |
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MORAL HAZARD
Moral hazard happens when the risk of loss increases when the other party denies to bear the responsibility when things go wrong in the activity. Health insurance usually pays less than the total loss incurred by levying out-of-pocket or direct costs on the patient. This is a good example of Moral Hazard.
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government is considering a policy change that would provide
medical care providers with a fixed reimbursement level for each
diagnosed illness and citizens would longer have to bear any
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