Words similar to out-of-pocket

Example sentences for: out-of-pocket

How can you use “out-of-pocket” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

To maintain competitive premiums, insurers are designing products that reduce the benefits they pay out by increasing the out-of-pocket portion that patients are required to pay for services received.
Over the past decade, those interested in reform have been preoccupied with managed care measures and, more recently, with consumer-directed measures that increase costs to patients by requiring greater out-of-pocket spending.
Also, to keep premiums affordable, these approaches may fall short on comprehensiveness of coverage and on the affordability of the out-of-pocket component, especially for those individuals with greater health care needs.
The planning processes under way across the country have required a tremendous expenditure of time and energy, as well as actual out-of-pocket costs for staff, planning consultants, and other expenses.
"It would have charged seniors more for out-of-pocket costs as well as more in premiums," Clinton said at one point.