capitation

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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

In general, the sicker the member, the bigger the capitation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023

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

The same edict proclaimed likewise the abolition of the jizy�, a capitation tax imposed by the Afgh�n rulers of India upon those subjects who did not follow the faith of Muhammad.

From Rulers of India: Akbar by Malleson, George Bruce