doughnut hole

British  

noun

1. a funding shortfall in the standard drug benefit offered by many Medicare prescription drug plans

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Example Sentences

The resulting higher prices mean Medicare beneficiaries burn through their initial coverage period faster and enter a coverage gap, or "doughnut hole," sooner.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2021

They also bake a delicious “dirt bomb,” the sugary, cinnamon-dusted hybrid of a muffin and doughnut hole.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2018

And in the middle — completely filling the doughnut hole — is a swirl of very good caramel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2017

At the end of one long, exhausting trek in the city’s center we came, unexpectedly, to a temple in a kind of doughnut hole carved out of high-rises.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2015

I down half of the cube right away like it’s a doughnut hole instead of horse food.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera