Coinsurance. Coinsurance is an additional cost that some health care plans require policy holders to pay after the deductible is met. When you pay coinsurance, you split a certain cost with the insurance company at a ratio determined by the terms of your insurance plan. Coinsurance is often 10, 30 or 20 percent.
State lawmakers grappling with how to fund former governor Robert F. McDonnellâs landmark 2013 transportation bill included a fail-safe measure that would increase the stateâs gas tax if Congress failed to deliver on online sales revenue by the start of 2015.
California needs a simpler gas tax, not a higher one. On Tuesday, the State Board of Equalization will consider a proposal to cut the stateâs gas tax by 7.5 cents a gallon. The proposal stems from a complicated formula enacted by the Legislature in 2010. Californiaâs gas tax used to be straightforward.