Falling Into the Donut Hole
It may be time for a medicine change for Charlie.
His current mix works but we can't afford them. His meds are covered by a drug benefit through Medicare coverage. But now he's fallen into the Donut Hole. The hole is a gap in coverage that leaves Charlie to pay for medicine on his own.
Bottom line? If he chooses to stay on current meds we'll have to come up with about six hundred dollars in October and November and a couple of hundred in December but then for about ten little days in December, the rest of the year he'll pay $2 for generic drugs and $5 for all others.
The irony? He still has to pay the premiums on his drug coverage even though while he's in the hole he won' t be receive any benefit.
His current mix works but we can't afford them. His meds are covered by a drug benefit through Medicare coverage. But now he's fallen into the Donut Hole. The hole is a gap in coverage that leaves Charlie to pay for medicine on his own.
Bottom line? If he chooses to stay on current meds we'll have to come up with about six hundred dollars in October and November and a couple of hundred in December but then for about ten little days in December, the rest of the year he'll pay $2 for generic drugs and $5 for all others.
The irony? He still has to pay the premiums on his drug coverage even though while he's in the hole he won' t be receive any benefit.
posted by Crazy In Shreveport at 10:45 AM
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