Why you may be paying more in 2015: Changes in 2015 prescription co-payments or cost-sharing designs

Annual Medicare plan changes · published Feb 4, 2015

As in past years, some 2014 Medicare Part D plans are changing their cost-sharing rates for 2015 prescription drug purchases. For example, the EnvisionRxPlus Silver plan will remove the Non-Preferred Generics tier (tier two) and then redistributed these 1,306 medications across other formulary tiers with many falling into the Preferred Generic tier. If you would like to learn how the generics were sorted between the tiers, you can click here to browser the Florida EnvisionRxPlus Silver 2015 Formulary.

Florida EnvisionRxPlus Silver
2014			2015
Monthly Premium		$66.30			$75.00
Initial Deductible		$310			$320
Gap Coverage		No Gap Coverage			No Gap Coverage
Tier	Cost-Sharing			Drugs on Tier	Tier	Cost-Sharing		Drugs on Tier
1	Preferred Generics		$10	526	1	Preferred Generics	$2	1093
2	Non-Preferred Generics		25%	1,306	--	--	--	--
3	Preferred Brand		$45	269	2	Preferred Brand	15%	294
4	Non-Preferred Brand		45%	376	3	Non-Preferred Brand	38%	1,201
5	Specialty Tier		33%	254	4	Specialty Tier	25%	141
6	Select Care Drugs		$10	70	--	--	--	--
Total Rx	Browse 2014 Formulary			2,801	Browse 2015 Formulary		2,729