The donut hole described a gap in prescription drug cover for people with Medicare Part D. In 2024, the donut hole was replaced with a spending cap.

Dear Toni: I understand that there will be a major change to Medicare Part D in 2025 with the “doughnut hole” going away. I’m concerned because this year I entered the doughnut hole in July and will ...

The donut hole was a gap in Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage that occurred between the initial stage and catastrophic stage of coverage. In 2025, new rules under the Inflation Reduction Act ...

Patients with Medicare Part D plans could pay less out of pocket starting in 2025 when a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 eliminates a gap in coverage for prescription drugs. The gap, ...

The federal health care overhaul delivers deep price cuts this year that will benefit Medicare prescription drug customers who fall into a coverage gap known as the “doughnut hole.” But limited ...

As the push to overhaul the nation's health-care system moves to the U.S. Senate, strengthening the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, or Medicare Part D, is emerging as one of the highest priorities ...

Research published today in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes found that Medicare Part D beneficiaries with cardiovascular conditions who had no financial assistance during ...

The health care bill signed into law by President Barack Obama is poised to "close the 'doughnut hole' in the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program that limits benefits for seniors with more than ...

WASHINGTON — Now that the health care overhaul has passed Congress, Democratic lawmakers are hoping to highlight its most immediate benefits. Chief among them: a plan to help millions of elderly and ...

As the reforms of the Affordable Care Act continue to take hold, the so-called 'donut hole' coverage gap for the Medicare Part D drug discount program has been steadily closing as federal incentive ...

I read your column detailing what Medicare will cost in 2015 (bit.ly/kipmedicarepay). But I didn’t see a mention of the Medicare Part D doughnut hole. Isn’t the gap in coverage shrinking again?

The Medicare donut hole is a colloquial term that describes a gap in coverage for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D. For 2020, Medicare are making some changes that help to close the donut hole ...