out-of-pocket expenses
Example Sentences
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Soaring healthcare costs, including out-of-pocket expenses for Medicare, have been rough for many retirees.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
He has patients in their 80s and 90s who have been returning for years because in the U.S. their insurance was expensive, the coverage was limited and out-of-pocket expenses were unaffordable.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
The authors noted that rising out-of-pocket expenses place added pressure on household budgets, reduce the use of preventive care, and contribute to stress, anxiety, and medical debt.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026
The government had offered doctors a deal which involved creating more training posts, improving working conditions and helping them with out-of-pocket expenses such as exam fees.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
When the two orphans remonstrated, the lawyer said, that as he made scarcely more than out-of-pocket expenses in the matter, he did not feel justified in incurring the slightest risk.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 by Various
