🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

taxa moderadora

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tak-sa mo-de-ra-do-ra

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Copayment/ˈkoʊˌpeɪ.mənt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A taxa moderadora foi abolida para consultas de medicina geral e familiar."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A fixed fee paid by a patient at the time of receiving a medical service or filling a prescription, with the remainder covered by health insurance.

    "Her health insurance policy requires a thirty-dollar copayment for every visit to a specialist."
  2. 2

    A specified portion of medical costs paid out-of-pocket by the insured individual.

    "The annual deductible must be met before copayments are reduced under the new plan."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix 'co-' (meaning together or jointly) combined with 'payment' (from Old French 'paiement', ultimately from Latin 'pacare' meaning to pacify or satisfy). Formed in the mid-20th century within the American healthcare and insurance industries to denote a shared financial responsibility between the insurer and the insured.

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