"There’s nothing sweet about the doughnut hole"

Medicare Part D is now hitting many seniors hard:

Although the Medicare handbook clearly describes the coverage break, critics say most Medicare recipients, bombarded with advertising from private prescription plans, focused on deductibles and premiums and the drugs included.

“There was a lot of emphasis on signing up seniors. It was a crusade almost,” said Stuart Guterman, a Medicare expert with the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund. He doubts that many companies highlighted the doughnut hole in their marketing push. “That’s not a selling point,” he said.

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