The Doughnut Hole (Part D Coverage Gap)

Medicare.gov provides the following examples for 2015

Brand name prescription drugs:

Mrs. Anderson reaches the coverage gap in her Medicare drug plan. She goes to her pharmacy to fill a prescription for a covered brand-name drug. The price for the drug is $60, and there's a $2 dispensing fee that gets added to the cost. Mrs. Anderson will pay 45% of the plan's cost for the drug ($60 x .45 = $27) plus 45% of the cost of the dispensing fee ($2 x .45 = $0.90), or a total of $27.90, for her prescription. $57.90 will be counted as out-of-pocket spending and will help Mrs. Anderson get out of the coverage gap because both the amount that Mrs. Anderson pays ($27.90) plus the manufacturer discount payment ($30.00) count as out-of-pocket spending. The remaining $4.10, which is 5% of the drug cost and 55% of the dispensing fee paid by the drug plan, isn't counted toward Mrs. Anderson's out-of-pocket spending.

Generic drugs:

Mr. Evans reaches the coverage gap in his Medicare drug plan. He goes to his pharmacy to fill a prescription for a covered generic drug. The price for the drug is $20, and there's a $2 dispensing fee that gets added to the cost. Mr. Evans will pay 65% of the plan’s cost for the drug and dispensing fee ($22 x .65 = $14.30). The $14.30 amount he pays will be counted as out-of-pocket spending to help him get out of the coverage gap.

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