NU Prescription Program Membership Cards and Plan Literature. Individuals hired after January 1 are mailed new member packets and membership cards directly from PCS using home address information on file with either Blue Cross or HMO Illinois. Benefit Plan Design . These provisions continue the program as established with the prior provider and do not represent changes this year. Prescription Copayment .
Members pay a portion of the total costs of a prescription in the form of a copayment.
Plan costs and copayments are generally lower if the prescription is filled with a generic drug and at a participating pharmacy. Presented below is a summary of copayments for prescriptions filled at a retail pharmacy and at the PCS Mail Service Pharmacy based on whether the medication is a generic or a brand name medication. A generic medication is a therapeutic equivalent to another drug and is identical in strength, concentration and dosage form. Generic drugs are sold at a lower cost. A brand name drug is prescribed and sold by the trademarked name of the drug that appears on the package label.