Doughnut Hole

Under the sidecar package, those who pay for drugs in the doughnut-hole coverage gap are eligible for a $250 rebate in 2010. ❋ Anna Wilde Mathews (2010)

For drugmakers, offsetting the doughnut-hole discount would not be as simple as raising the price unilaterally. ❋ David S. Hilzenrath Washington Post Staff Writer (2010)

The entitlement includes a doughnut-hole (coverage gap) so big that Homer Simpson couldn't even finish it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The House bill gradually would close the "doughnut-hole" prescription coverage gap, now growing wider and deeper because of inflation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I have been spending time in my district listening to people talk about how glad they are that we passed Health Care Reform-from seniors stuck in the doughnut-hole who are going to get immediate relief, to young adults who get to stay on their parents 'policy up to age 26, it is proof positive that together we did something truly historic," Schakowsky said in a news release Monday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Seniors should be aware of potential doughnut-hole rebate scams. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The big news is the shrinking of the doughnut-hole coverage gap. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Compared with those who had supplemental drug benefits, people with the doughnut-hole coverage had higher out-of-pocket drug costs and were more likely to skip their diabetes medications, the study found. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dodd's vote on Dorgan's amendment only makes sense in the context of the doughnut-hole deal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The doughnut-hole idea actually came from an earlier Chicago restaurant called Elliot's that closed in the early '50's I think. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A senate Democratic aide confirmed that the doughnut-hole move was largely made in exchange for votes to kill Dorgan's amendment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perhaps the first-term Alaska governor -- who seemed so over-matched during her TV interviews with Katie Couric -- will suddenly drop the name of the hard-line president of Uzbekistan (Islam Karimov) and speak with statistical precision about the peculiar "doughnut-hole" benefit formula of Medicare Part D (the prescription-drug program). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Vanderwerff calls it getting into the "doughnut-hole." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ask an automotive historian to name an American automaker that filed for bankruptcy, survived, emerged and thrived and you get a doughnut-hole shaped answer. ❋ Unknown (2008)

BOB: dude lets go to the store and buy some [doughnut] holes. FRED: man, why are they called doughnut holes? they are neither holes nor [doughnuts].. BOB: [nobody knows], but who cares. they're really good! ❋ The Doughnut Man, Who Are You? (2009)

[Ay] dog yesterday i [split] this doughnut hole [wide open]. ❋ John Fisherman (AKA FBF) (2008)

Person 1: Hey [Mikey], where you going? Mikey: I gotta [doughnut hole] Pualy! [Be right back]! ❋ Jnolz (2010)

Hey [Kev], I'm going down to the [buffet] to see if I find a fat fuck for a little doughnut holing, you interested in cleaning up the [glaze]? ❋ Zeppelinboy (2005)

Dude, I was [so tired] this morning that I needed a [powdered doughnut hole] just to [get out] of bed. ❋ BPS5 (2012)

John: wow we almost [hit that] car. Jim: yeah i was so [scared] I [biting doughnut holes] ❋ MC-SJ (2011)

To achieve the funds from the city necessary to build the new soccer fields, the community activist will need to give [the mayor] an entire box of [city hall] [glazed doughnut] holes. ❋ Generic Kate (2014)