Seniors Still Mystified By Medicare’s Drug ‘Doughnut Hole’

Posted by Victoria Knight in the Wall Street Journal Health blog

Almost three years since the addition of drug coverage to Medicare, seniors remain confused about the infamous coverage gap known as the “doughnut hole.”

Almost two-thirds of enrollees in Medicare Part D don’t fully understand the concept. More alarmingly, more than one-in-four either don’t know what the coverage gap is or how it works, according to a national survey of 1,000 Medicare Part D participants done for Medco Health Solutions, the big manager of pharmacy benefits.