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Calculating cost of medicines in the gap

The Medicare Part D drug plan coverage gap is contracting, although it's not scheduled to close fully until 2020. The coverage gap -- known as the doughnut hole -- is the period when recipients pay all drug costs themselves. About 20 percent of Part D recipients hit the doughnut hole in past years. Of those who enter the coverage gap, 90 percent do so between June and December.

This year,...

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