Seniors have saved $5 billion on prescription drugs because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.
HHS said 5.6 million seniors received a drug discount or rebate, including 2.3 million this year alone. On average, HHS claims, those seniors in the "donut hole" have saved $657 this year.
The law attempts to gradually close the Medicare "donut hole"—the coverage gap in which seniors have to pay for their drugs entirely out of pocket.
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