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Mail Copayments
Mail copayments are flat-dollar amounts for a 90-day supply of medication.

Mail-service prescriptions are most commonly used for the prescription drugs that members use to treat chronic conditions such as asthma, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

The 2007 mail copayments data are in Tables 23 and 24.

There has been a 2.0 percent decrease in generic copayments, while preferred drug copayments have increased an average of 14.9 percent since 2005-06 (see Table 25).


Table 23: Range of Mail Copayments by Drug Category


Table 24: Average Mail Copayment Amounts by Drug Category for All Employers


Table 25: Trends in Average Mail-service Copayment Amounts for All Employers


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