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capitation

[kap-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌkæp ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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Oak Street operated on a capitation basis under the Medicare Advantage program—which meant the bulk of its revenues were keyed off the number of enrolled Medicare patients, leaving it vulnerable to higher-than-expected expenses.

From Barron's Oct. 29, 2025

That can double the capitation rates for enrollees with multiple risks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2021

From the very beginning of the republic, however, the Supreme Court read the capitation clause narrowly, to permit Congress to impose nationwide taxes on wealth outside of such head taxes.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2019

The next section says that “no capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.”

From Washington Post Feb. 14, 2019

Utterly ignorant of the political relations between Mexico and Yucatan, they came in from their ranchos and milpas under a promise by General Iman that their capitation tax should be remitted.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.




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