Copayments for generic drugs have been relatively stable, but copayments for other drug tiers have increased.

*Four-tier drugs are drug products, such as lifestyle or injectable drugs, that are paid for using new types of cost-sharing arrangements that typically have higher copayments or coinsurance. The average copayment for fourth-tier drugs is calculated using information from only those plans that have a fourth-tier copayment amount.

Source: “Employer Health Benefits 2006 Annual Survey,” (#7527), The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust, September 2006

This information was reprinted with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Kaiser Family Foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, is a nonprofit, independent national health care philanthropy and is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.