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.
In 2015, the S.C. House passed a gas-tax increase by a 87-20 margin. The bill sat in the Senate for two years, before senators killed it last year, instead approving a borrowing plan. Earlier this year, the House again passed a gas-tax increase by 97-18. Outside groups apply pressure During three years of debate, senators took heat from outside groups â for and against the gas-tax hike.