Health · Chapter 15 · Cost Sharing
Corridor Deductible
Definition
The deductible between basic coverage and major medical coverage: basic first-dollar benefits pay first, then the insured crosses the 'corridor' (pays the deductible), then major medical kicks in.
In plain English
A hallway between two buildings — basic coverage drops you at one end, you walk (pay) the corridor, major medical opens the far door.
Easy to confuse with
These are what this term gets tested against — if you can't tell them apart cold, drill the contrast.
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