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

When it was broken down into its individual components, it was clear that Americans favored every one: Closing the Medicare drug benefit doughnut hole: 81% in favor.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 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

Once through the doughnut hole, Medicare picks up the bulk of the drug’s cost.

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