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• Most plans with Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D) have a coverage gap (called a "donut hole"). This means that after you and your drug plan have spent a certain amount of money for covered drugs, you have to pay all costs out-of-pocket for your prescriptions up to a yearly limit. Once you have spent up to the yearly limit, your coverage gap ends and your drug plan helps pay for covered drugs again.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Medicare Prescription Drug Donut Hole. (n.d.). HealthCare.gov Glossary. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/medicare-prescription-drug-donut-hole.

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  Medicare Prescription Drug Donut Hole. HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/medicare-prescription-drug-donut-hole (accessed: January 29, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Medicare Prescription Drug Donut Hole." HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 29 January. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/medicare-prescription-drug-donut-hole.

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