{"id":10570,"date":"2018-06-01T08:58:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T12:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10570"},"modified":"2018-06-01T09:06:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T13:06:14","slug":"medicares-part-d-doughnut-hole-closing-ahead-of-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10570","title":{"rendered":"Medicare&#8217;s Part D &#8220;doughnut hole&#8221; closing ahead of schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 accelerates the closure of the Medicare\u2019s Part D \u201cdoughnut hole.\u201d In 2019, those retirees who fall into the coverage gap should spend less on brand-name prescriptions. Once in the gap, beneficiaries pay 25 percent of prescription drug costs in 2019, down from the scheduled 30 percent. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/article\/retirement\/T039-C000-S004-medicare-part-d-drug-coverage-gap-closing.html\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10021\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 accelerates the closure of the Medicare\u2019s Part D \u201cdoughnut hole.\u201d In 2019, those retirees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10573,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions\/10573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}