0 a situation in which two or more organizations pay the cost of something together: --
Cost-sharing between the federal government and states for particular projects is often the most sensible option.
Where proposals are supported, this is usually on some mutually acceptable cost-sharing basis.
However, we are aware of the concerns of many about the effect of cost-sharing.
I believe if there were that kind of cost-sharing we might, at least in part, overcome our principal problem.
I understand that many processors and suppliers have agreed and are currently operating cost-sharing arrangements.
This includes contracts issued to nominated individuals, low-value contracts where the costs of a competition would outweigh potential savings, and cost-sharing contracts.
Lowincome workers could be given the choice of picking specific benefits from a list of options, utilising cost-sharing between the government, the employer and the employee.
These payments include the patient cost-sharing contributions.
Efforts to reduce cost-related underuse by lowering co-payments seems unlikely in the near term, given the widespread trend to increase co-payments and patient cost-sharing.
