Medicare 'Doughnut Hole' Causes Seniors to Skip Diabetes Meds
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
Medicare recipients with diabetes who have a gap in their Part D prescription drug benefits -- known as the `doughnut hole` -- have higher out-of-pocket drug costs and are less likely to stick to their medications than those who have supplemental drug benefits, a new study confirms. Surprisingly, generic-only drug plans to cover the gap only modestly improve the situation.