Reply #87: Here's the general info on what HCR did for Medicare part D

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8059.pdf
EXPLAINING HEALTH CARE REFORM:
Key Changes to the Medicare Part D Drug Benefit Coverage Gap

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law
(P.L. 111-148). The health care reform law, which incorporates changes made by the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010, makes several important changes to the Medicare Part D drug benefit to reduce Part
D enrollees’ out-of-pocket liability when they reach the coverage gap, known as the “doughnut hole.”
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I think the OP might have qualified for a low-income subsidy which is, of course, great for them.

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This is another good link for general info
http://www.healthaffairs.org/healthpolicybriefs/brief.php?brief_id=17