An argument can be made that since the donut hole in pharmaceutical coverage for seniors is not completely filled until 2020, Medicare Advantage is still of considerable importance to our seniors.
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But want to tell you directly: This proposal adds almost a decade of solvency to Medicare. (Applause.) This proposal would close the gap in prescription drug coverage, called the doughnut hole -- you know something about that -- that sticks seniors with thousands of dollars in drug costs.
And this year, seniors who fall in the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole will start getting some help.
This year, seniors who fall in the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole will get some help to help pay for prescription drugs.
Seniors who fall into the coverage gap known as the donut hole will receive discounts of up to 50 percent on their prescriptions as we begin to close that gap altogether.
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The nation's top drug manufacturers agreed over the weekend to at least a 50 percent discount for most beneficiaries for brand-name medicines purchased in the so-called "doughnut hole" gap in coverage, Obama noted.
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They are prey for the unscrupulous--from those peddling nonexistent coverage to pharmaceutical firms that offer cash or in-kind drug assistance specifically to lure old people to a particular plan or help push them out of the doughnut hole and into catastrophic coverage, so that Medicare picks up almost the whole tab.
Also, as many as seven million seniors could fall into this notorious gap in coverage in the benefit that's known as the doughnut hole, and that's going to happen right as the campaigns are heating up for the fall elections.
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