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

*Fourth-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 2007 Annual Survey,” (#7672), The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust, September 2007 This information adapted with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Kaiser Family Foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, is a nonprofit, independent national healthcare philanthropy and is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.