The donut hole was a coverage gap for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D. In 2025, it was replaced by a new spending cap of $2,000, after which you won’t pay out of pocket for drugs anymore.

That means there's no longer a coverage gap for prescription drugs in Part D or Medicare Advantage plans with drug coverage. Closing the donut hole is one of several changes to Medicare in 2025. The ...

The donut hole was a gap in Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage that occurred between the initial stage and catastrophic stage of coverage. In 2025, new rules under the Inflation Reduction ...

I am concerned about Medicare’s prescription drug plan and Medicare’s doughnut hole. Can you please explain Medicare and clinical trials and what I should do? — Matthew Dear Matthew ...

Officially, Medicare drug plans no longer have a donut hole—the gap between covered drugs and catastrophic coverage. This hole was gradually closed thanks to provisions in the Affordable Care ...

Dear Toni: This year, I got into the Medicare “doughnut hole” in July and got out of it in September. I am not sure what I will pay when I leave the doughnut hole. I can see from the Part D ...

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The Medicare donut hole was a colloquial term for a gap in prescription drug coverage in Medicare Part D. However, as of 2025, Medicare has closed the donut hole and replaced it with a cost cap.

Medicare's Donut Hole (aka the Coverage Gap) is a term that prompts curiosity or apprehension among Medicare beneficiaries. The cake donut is generally round with an empty center or hole.