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doughnut hole

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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.

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“I don’t blame her. I am an unlikely guardian. A month ago I thought the Medicare doughnut hole was a breakfast special for seniors.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2019

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

High list prices drive patients into and out of the doughnut hole faster, raising their out-of-pocket costs and Medicare expenditures.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2017

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

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