Too Poor for a Copayment: Volume 5, Issue 36, Pinchas
- Sefas Tamim
- Jul 17
- 1 min read
July 19, 2025; 23 Tammuz, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
QUESTION: The following question is pertinent to many doctors that accept insurance company payments. The insurance company requires that the doctor charges the patient a copayment that typically ranges from $25 to $30. Requiring a copayment (which the doctor keeps) is a practice instituted by the insurance company to help ensure that people go to the doctor when they really need to and not whenever they feel like it, which may occur if a visit to the doctor was completely free.
However, If the doctor has patients that cannot afford the copayment, may the doctor forgo the payment in those cases? ...