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Medicare Prescription Drug Plans: Medicare Part D (WebMD)

"In many plans, there is a coverage gap after you reach a spending limit. This is the "doughnut hole." After the total cost of your drugs reaches a certain level - typically $2,510 - Medicare stops paying. You have to start paying your drug costs on your own."

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More Nonelderly Americans Face Problems Affording Prescription Drugs (Center for Studying Health System Change)

"More children and working-age Americans are going without prescription drugs because of the cost concerns, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change. In 2007, one in seven Americans under age 65 reported not filling a prescription in the previous year because they couldn't afford the medication."

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