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cross-subsidy

The concept of certain purchasers paying more for medical services than they otherwise would so that others can pay less (or nothing at all), so another activity can be funded. In the U.S. health system, this mechanism has been used to pay for medical services for the...

crowd-out

A phenomenon whereby public health coverage programs encourage some employers to drop health coverage, urging their employees instead to take advantage of the subsidies available to them in the public program.