It also reimburses Pakistan for the use of its seaports and airstrips.
The firm is also doing deals with insurers to streamline administration, providing their clients with, say, details of how much care will cost, what the state reimburses and how long it will take.Jon Santemma, of Warburg Dillon Read, reckons that if Internet firms can demonstrate the potential to save money, they could win lots of state-funded business.
The ECB could then apply a rule of "juste retour", ie, it reimburses the same amounts to each of these governments.
Because of a near-bankrupt public health-insurance system, whose deficit is set to leap from €13 billion ($15.5 billion) this year to €229 billion by 2010 unless radical surgery is performed.France's public health-insurance fund reimburses about three-quarters of medical costs; the rest are covered by private insurers, mutuals or (for the poor) the state.
In addition the state reimburses a large percentage of the patient's expenditures on drugs.
Although the UN reimburses countries for the use of equipment, these payments have been limited because of the failure of many member states to pay their UN dues.
Changes to the Bellwin scheme, which reimburses local authorities following disasters, should mean an extra £15million is available to cover the costs of defending properties in affected areas.
The buyer then reimburses his bank, which in turn reimburses the corresponding bank for making payment to the seller.
The medical-care foundation reimburses the physicians from the prepaid fees of subscribers.
The fee-for-service model, which reimburses providers according to the volume of services they provide, and which still predominates today, likely exacerbates this antagonism because incentives are poorly aligned between providers and insurers.
The insurance company reimburses $1,721.83 for a month's supply, but Don pays $1,765.23 for the drug.
