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The Impact of Health Care Reform on the Medicare Part D Donut Hole Prepared by the Health Law and Policy Clinic of Harvard Law School and the Treatment Access Expansion Project www.taepusa.org

The Impact of Health Care Reform on the Medicare Part D Donut Hole

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The Impact of Health Care Reform on the Medicare Part D Donut Hole Prepared by the Health Law and Policy Clinic of Harvard Law School and the Treatment Access Expansion Project www.taepusa.org. Catastrophic Coverage. Total Spending. $0- $310. $310-$2,830. $2,830 -$6,440. 75% Plan Pays. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: The Impact of  Health Care Reform  on the Medicare Part D Donut Hole

The Impact of Health Care Reform

on the Medicare Part D Donut Hole

Prepared by the Health Law and Policy Clinic of Harvard Law School and the Treatment Access Expansion Project

www.taepusa.org

Page 2: The Impact of  Health Care Reform  on the Medicare Part D Donut Hole

Medicare Part D Coverage: The Donut Hole in 2010 (pre-reform)

$0- $310

$ +

Consumer Pays

Deductible“Donut Hole”

CoverageGap

Total Spending

≈ 95%

80% Feds Pay Reinsurance

15% Plan Pays

Catastrophic Coverage

Federal Government Pays

75% Plan Pays

25% out-of-pocket5% out-of-pocket

Private plan Pays

$630 $3,610Consumer

Out-Of-Pocket

$310

Total consumer out of pocket = $4,550

$2,830 -$6,440$310-$2,830

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Post-Reform Medicare Part D Coverage:

The Donut Hole in 2010

$0- $310

$ +

Consumer Pays

Deductible“Donut Hole”

CoverageGap

Total Spending

≈ 95%

80% Feds Pay Reinsurance

15% Plan Pays

Catastrophic Coverage

Federal Government Pays

75% Plan Pays

25% out-of-pocket5% out-of-pocket

Private plan Pays

$630 $3,610Consumer

Out-Of-Pocket

$310

Total consumer out of pocket = $4,550 - $250 rebate = $4,300

$2,830 -$6,440$310-$2,830

$250

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Post-Reform Medicare Part D Coverage: The Donut Hole in 2020 (generic)

$0- $310

$ +

Consumer Pays

Deductible“Donut Hole”

CoverageGap

Total Spending

≈ 95%

80% Feds Pay Reinsurance

15% Plan Pays

Catastrophic Coverage

Federal Government Pays

75% Plan Pays

25% out-of-pocket

5% out-of-pocket

Private plan Pays

$630 $3,485Consumer

Out-Of-Pocket

$310

Total consumer out of pocket = $4,550

$2,830 -$6,440$310-$2,830

Total consumer out of pocket = $4,550

$3,610

75% Plan Pays

25% out-of-pocket

80% Feds Pay Reinsurance

15% Plan Pays

Catastrophic Coverage

5% out-of-pocket

75% Plan Pays

25% out-of-pocket

$2,830 - $17,270

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Post-Reform Medicare Part D Coverage: The Donut Hole in 2020 (brand-name)

$0- $310

Consumer Pays

Deductible“Donut Hole”

CoverageGap

Total Spending

≈ 95%

80% Feds Pay Reinsurance

15% Plan Pays

Catastrophic Coverage

Federal Government Pays

75% Plan Pays

25% out-of-pocket5% out-of-pocket

Private plan Pays

$630 $3,610Consumer

Out-Of-Pocket

$310

Total consumer out of pocket = $4,550

$2,830 -$6,440$310-$2,830

Total consumer out of pocket = $2,143

$1,203

- $7,643

50% ManufacturerDiscount as TrOOP

25% out-of-pocket

25% Plan Pays