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

In addition to setting an annual limit on out-of-pocket spending, the plan would smooth spending across the year, eliminating the so-called doughnut hole when many beneficiaries are responsible for their entire drug bill.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021

And the laws of electrodynamics state that to push the plasma around, physicists need another rapidly changing magnetic field, which is generated by a coil in the doughnut hole.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 6, 2020

There are signals the industry’s influence is waning, after it recently failed in its bid to reverse steeper payments for drugs in Medicare’s so-called "doughnut hole," the coverage gap for seniors.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2019

Downtown was left with the little branch of the Michigan Savings and Loan where my mom worked, the doughnut hole, the two-screen Royal Cinema, Burton’s pharmacy, a pawnshop and, of course, Hank’s T-Shirt Shack.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx