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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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The Senate and House Armed
Services Committees' inputs to the fiscal 2007 authorization act contain
provisions to encourage users of the Tricare Mail Order Pharmacy (TMOP) to
choose the TMOP over the retail system. The Senate would eliminate copays
for generic and brand-name drugs in the TMOP's formulary and would
authorize the Defense Department to impose copay increases at the retail
pharmacies. (DoD has proposed hiking the retailcopays to $5 for generic
drugs and $15 for brand-name medications, effective Oct. 1, 2006.) The
House would eliminate copays for generic and brand-name drugs in the TMOP
and raise copays at retail stores from the current $3 for generics and $9
for brand-name drugs to $5 and $15 respectively. Copays buy a 30-day
supply of drugs at retail stores and a 90-day supply at the TMOP. |
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