Health Plan Provisions for Private Industry Workers in the United States, 2018

Employee Benefits Survey

ANNUAL BULLETIN ON BENEFIT COVERAGE

Table 19. Outpatient prescription drug benefits: Type of coverage,(2) private industry workers, 2018
(All workers participating in outpatient prescription drug plans = 100 percent)
Characteristics	Generic drugs (1)	Brand-name drugs on formulary	Brand-name nonformulary drugs	Mail order drugs	Subject to an annual deductible
Worker characteristics
All workers	100	99	88	85	35
Management, professional, and related	100	99	92	85	38
Management, business, and financial	100	98	92	84	40
Professional and related	100	100	92	86	36
Sales and office	100	99	84	87	37
Sales and related	100	100	74	90	35
Office and administrative support	100	99	88	86	38
Full time	100	99	88	86	35
Part time	100	100	82	71	32
Establishment characteristics
Service-providing industries	100	99	88	84	36
Trade, transportation, and utilities	100	99	76	87	31
Information	100	100	84	86	40
Financial activities	100	99	92	91	42
Education and health services	100	100	93	72	41
Educational services	100	100	93	91	37
Health care and social assistance	100	100	93	69	41
Geographic areas
Northeast	100	100	89	85	35
New England	100	100	92	93	27
Middle Atlantic	100	100	88	83	39
South	100	99	90	84	34
South Atlantic	100	99	91	84	32
West South Central	100	99	90	82	33
Midwest	100	99	86	84	37
East North Central	100	99	86	85	36
West North Central	100	100	87	82	41
West: Mountain	100	96	84	75	55
Footnotes: (1) Outpatient prescription drug benefits include both stand-alone drug plans and prescription drug benefits included as part of a medical plan. (2) This could be a prescription drug annual deductible or a medical plan deductible.
Note: For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/detailedprovisions/2018/ownership/private/glossary.htm. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

Last Modified Date: April 18, 2019