Breakout of Responses to MOAA NDAA Rx Option Survey of July 2012

Key take-aways:

·  Beneficiaries overwhelmingly prefer House NDAA provisions entailing:

·  Lower immediate Rx copays

·  Cap on future Rx copay hikes

·  One-year mandatory TFL mail-order use for maintenance med refills

·  SecDef authority to exempt from mail-order requirement

·  At least 96% support House plan for:

·  all ages

·  all ranges of prescription use

·  all grades E-7 and above

·  Medicare-eligibles support the House plan at equal rate: 97%

·  Even among those “very dissatisfied” with mail-order, 2/3 still prefer the House plan

·  Of the 179 people (2.6%) who prefer the Senate plan, 107 (60%) have never tried mail-order

·  Of the people who have tried the mail-order program, 93% of respondents are either “very satisfied” or “satisfied”

The following is a breakout of responses showing the percentage of people who voted in FAVOR of the House proposal:

By Rank:

No Answer: 41/44 (93%)

E1-E6: 30/36 (83%)

E7-E9: 154/159 (97%)

W1-W2: 77/78 (99%)

w3-W5: 401/408 (98%)

O1-O3: 344/354 (97%)

O4-O5: 3453/3557 (97%)

O6+: 2054/2136 (96%)

By Age:

No Answer: 29/30 (97%)

Under 55: 205/210 (98%)

55-64: 768/795 (97%)

65-74: 3192/3280 (97%)

75+: 2360/2458 (96%)

HOUSEHOLD RX MEDS TOTAL:

No response: 67/69 (97%)

0: 80/83 (96%)

1 or 2: 404/418 (97%)

3 or 4: 944/973 (97%)

5 or 6: 1261/1304 (97%)

7 or 8: 1160/1190 (97%)

8+: 2638/2735 (96%)

HOUSEHOLD MAINT MEDS TOTAL:

No response: 27/27 (100%)

0: 100/104 (96%)

1 or 2: 474/489 (97%)

3 or 4: 1065/1100 (97%)

5 or 6: 1362/1414 (96%)

7 or 8: 1293/1318 (98%)

8+: 2236/2320 (96%)

CURRENTLY USE MAIL ORDER PROGRAM:

No response: 32/32 (100%)

Yes for ALL: 3250/3269 (99%)

Yes for SOME: 1344/1371 (98%)

Tried, but QUIT: 382/432 (88%)

Never: 1546/1668 (93%)

SATISFACTION WITH MAIL-ORDER PROGRAM:

No response: 34/35 (97%)

Very satisfied: 3551/3577 (99%)

Mostly Satisfied: 1099/1114 (96%)

Neither satisfied/dissatisfied: 163/178 (92%)

Mostly dissatisfied: 118/134 (88%)

Very dissatisfied: 57/84 (68%)

Never tried: 1532/1648 (93%)

KNOWLEDGE OF VA MAIL ORDER REQUIREMENT:

Yes: 2702/2782 (97%)

No: 3815/3951 (97%)

No answer: 37/38 (97%)

For survey questions and answers, please click here.