when you enter the part d prescription-drug "doughnut hole " you pay a higher percentage of your drug costs. the doughnut hole starts once you and your plan have paid a total of $2 970 toward your medication costs. this year you do receive a discount of 52. 5% on covered brand-name drugs and 21% off generics until you've reached the end of the coverage gap ($4 750). that's when catastrophic coverage kicks in. you might want to also look into medicare extra help which helps pay drug costs for people with low incomes.
i've been on medication since 2000 for my multiple sclerosis. this year in april i fell into the doughnut hole. . my medicine cost went up extraordinarily high from $27. 50 last year to $55 in january $144 in april and each month it was starting to go go higher. it came to the point i was no longer going to be able to afford my medication so i called around and found some help with my medicine through the chronic disease fund. why after all of these years is this happening to me?