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capitation

[kap-i-tay-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

Initially, capitation rates for Medicare Advantage were set at 95% of the average cost of an enrollee in original Medicare.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023

As a consequence, the drafters of the 14th and 15th amendments saw no need to repeal the capitation clause.

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

He proposes a territorial impost; a general capitation tax; an augmented duty upon the circulation and export of silver; and a duty upon the consumption of tobacco.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various


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