McAllen commission approves phased $3 Uber/Lyft airport fee and permits for TNCs at McAllen International Airport The commission approved one-year, nonexclusive operating permits for ride-hailing companies at McAllen International Airport and a phased schedule to reach a $3 per-trip user fee intended to support terminal expansion debt service; staff estimated roughly 4,000 monthly TNC trips and $4 million in potential debt-service revenue.

McAllen International Airport is set to implement a phased $3 fee for Uber and Lyft rides to fund terminal expansion, but not without some heated debate among city commissioners!

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#McAllenHidalgoCounty #TX #TransportationFees #CitizenPortal #McAllenAirport #UserCharges

Patient Advocates File Formal Complaints from 50 Patients, Call for Urgent Action to Stop Illegal Fees in Private Clinics – The Canadian Business Journal

To #patients across #Canada who are being directed by their provincial governments to pay for healthcare services…

“Under the #Canada #HealthAct, patients are supposed to be protected against #usercharges and #extra-billing for medically needed #surgeries, #diagnostic tests and #physicianservices.”

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Happy to share our latest article (with #michaelberger @SixEv4) on #usercharges.
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

We contribute to the evidence that user-charges elicit heterogenous demand effects depending on characteristics of services.

#healtheconomics #healthpolicy