TABLE 2.

Coverage of the 300 Most Common Prescription Drugs for the Elderly, by Plan^*

	# of Drugs Covered				Percent of Rx Use Accounted for by Excluded Medications
Plan	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	# Not Covered
Part D Plans
A	157	63	26	6	7.0
B	157	63	26	6	7.0
C	157	63	26	6	7.0
D	150	67	31	4	4.4
E	147	49	52	4	4.4
F	155	61	12	24	4.7
G	149	70	n/a	33	7.3
H	154	68	n/a	30	5.1
I	157	59	n/a	36	7.8
J	156	40	15	41	12.6
Non-Part D Plans†
MediCal	251	n/a	n/a	1	0.0
TRICARE	154	81	11	6	1.9
CALPERS	158	78	14	2	0.3
Blue Cross	157	59	36	0	0.0
FEP	161	75	16	0	0.0
VA	168	n/a	n/a	84	24.7
Kaiser	151	26	n/a	75	24.6

Sources: Fingertip Formulary, 2007 and Verispan’s Vector One National Audit.

^*The 300 most common drugs was reduced to 252 due to 33 generic/brand duplicates and 15 drugs not covered under Part D. The percent of total prescriptions accounted for by excluded medications is calculated using Verispan’s Vector One National Audit.

Note: The names of the ten largest Part D plans are omitted from the table at the request of a sponsor. Since this information is publicly available, we would reconsider this omission at the editor’s request.