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Annual Co-payment Variation distinguished by County Multiplier

March 18, 2002

Author: Susan C. Antos

Co-payments which appear in bold exceed 10% of household income and would be reduced by the amount which appears in parenthesis underneath the co-payment amount if a 10% cap were in place.

County Multiplier	Annual Co-payment Charged to Family of three at 100% of the SIS[1]($14,630)	Annual Co-payment Charged to Family of three at 125% of the SIS ($18,287.50)	Annual Co-payment Charged to Family of three at 150% of the SIS ($21,945)	Annual Co-payment Charged to Family of three at 175% of the SIS ($25,602.50)	Annual Co-payment Charged to Family of three at 200% of the SIS ($29,260)
	$1,463 = 10% of the household income	$1,828.75 = 10% of the household income	$2,194.50 = 10% of the household income	$2,560.25 = 10% of the household income	$2,926 = 10% of the household income
10%[2]	$0	$365.75	$731.50	$1,097.25	$1,463.00
17.5%[3]	$0	$640.00	$1,280.13	$1920.19	$2,560.25
20%[4]	$0	$731.50	$1,463.00	$2,194.50	$2,926.00
23%[5]	$0	$841.22	$1,682.45	$2,523.68	$3,364.90 ($438.00)
25%[6]	$0	$914.38	$1,828.75	$2,743.13 ($182.00)	$3,657.50 ($731.50)
30%[7]	$0	$1,097.25	$2,194.50	$3,291.75 ($731.50)	$4,389.00 ($1,463.00)
33%[8]	$0	$1,206.98	$2,413.95 ($219.45)	$3,620.93 ($1,060.68)	$4,829.80 ($1,901.90)
35%[9]	$0	$1,280.13	$2,560.25 ($365.75)	$3,840.38 ($1,208.75)	$5,120.50 ($2,194.50)

1. The state income standard (SIS) corresponds to the year 2001 federal poverty level and was effective 6/1/01. Co-payments are calculated by subtracting the state income standard from the household income, and multiplying the resulting number by a percentage chosen by the county of between 10% to 35%.
2. Counties with a 10% co-payment include: Cattaraugus, Chatauqua, Columbia, Livingston, Otsego, Schenectady, Schoharie.
3. Counties with a 17.5% co-payment include: Delaware, Nassau.
4. Counties with a 20% co-payment include: Allegany, Essex, Fulton, Madison, New York City, Ontario, Putnam, Saratoga, Steuben, Tompkins, Washington.
5. Counties with a 23% co-payment include: Albany.
6. Counties with a 25% co-payment include: Broome, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe, Onieda, Orleans, Oswego, Rensselaer, Suffolk, St. Lawrence, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Wayne.
7. Counties with a 30% co-payment include: Chemung, Franklin, Rockland, Wyoming.
8. Counties with a 33% co-payment include: Westchester.
9. Counties with a 35% co-payment include: Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Dutchess, Erie, Genesee, Greene, Montgomery, Niagara, Onondaga, Orange, Schuyler, Seneca, Sullivan, Yates.