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The Donut Hole or Coverage Gap is a term used to describe a gap or pause in your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan coverage where, prior to 2011, you were 100% respon . . .

Question: I enrolled in a 2007 Medicare Part D plan with NO Doughnut Hole.  My Part D plan pays for both my generic and brand name medications through the entire year!  This plan will save . . .

The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap or Donut Hole was actually similar to a second deductible in an insurance policy where, after receiving a certain level of coverage, you were responsible for paying yo . . .

The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap or Donut Hole is similar to a second deductible in an insurance policy where you are responsible for paying your own coverage after receiving a certain amount of insur . . .

Doughnut Hole Question: What can I do if I am approaching the doughnut hole?  Am I allowed to fill my prescriptions outside of my Part D plan?  If I did this, I would avoid the doughnut . . .

About $2,167.07 - maybe even a little more depending on your Medicare Part D plan. Your actual savings in the 2016 Donut Hole will depend on several things including: (1) How much you spent persona . . .

We designed our online PDP-Planner or Doughnut Hole Calculator to help give Medicare Part D beneficiaries an idea when they will go into the Doughnut Hole or coverage gap.However, many people are alre . . .

The Donut Hole or Coverage Gap is a term used to describe a gap or pause in your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan coverage where, prior to 2011, you were 100% respon . . .

Doughnut Hole Question:  I just entered the Coverage Gap last month.  Can I just drop my current Prescription Drug plan since there are no more benefits and then sign up again for 2008?  . . .

Vice President Joe Biden, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that the nation's pharmaceutical manufacturers wil . . .

No.  Your $5,100 total out-of-pocket spending limit (2019 TrOOP) only includes the portion of your $3,820 Initial Coverage Limit that you actually paid. The portion paid for your medication . . .

If your formulary medications have a total retail cost over $319 each month, you will exceed your Medicare Part D plan's $3,820 Initial Coverage Limit and enter the Donut Hole or Coverage Gap sometime in 2019.

The 2019 standard Initial Coverage Limit (ICL) is $3,820. The Initial Coverage Limit is the measured by the retail cost of your drug purchases and is used to determine when you leave your Medicare . . .

The Donut Hole or Coverage Gap is a term used to describe a gap or pause in your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan coverage where, prior to 2011, you were 100% respon . . .

No.  Your $5,000 total out-of-pocket spending limit (2018 TrOOP) only includes the portion of your $3,750 Initial Coverage Limit that you actually paid. The portion paid by your Medicare Part D . . .

It depends. If you currently use Medicare Part D drugs with a retail cost of over $750 per month, you may be in the 2018 Donut Hole or Coverage Gap by mid- to late-May. While in the Donut Hole, . . .

If the retail cost of your medications is over $313 each month, you will enter the 2018 Donut Hole or Coverage Gap. As a reminder, you will enter your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan's Don . . .

The Donut Hole or Coverage Gap is a term used to describe a gap or pause in your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan coverage where, prior to 2011, you were 100% respon . . .

You will pay $100 in the Donut Hole or Coverage Gap and $12.50 in the Catastrophic Coverage phase for a brand-name drug with a $250 retail value. Once the total retail value of your Medicare Part D . . .

No.  If your 2018 Medicare Advantage plan includes prescription drug coverage (MAPD), then the Donut Hole or Coverage Gap portion of your coverage works just like a stand-alone Medicare Part D . . .