Adopt a Mail-Order Drug Program to Contain Soaring Prescription Spending
Challenge: Shift our employees to a mail-order drug program.
Action: We changed the prescription co-pay for employees. It was a flat 20%. We changed it to a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $40, or 20% if the cost falls between. We also adjusted our plans so that the cost to the employees is the same for a three-month mail order as for a one-month pharmacy order. This has been a major incentive for employees to use mail order and we have saved about $40,000. —Controller, transportation, 1,200 employees, Washington.
