Just 9 percent of beneficiaries will hit Medicare's coverage gap — aka the donut hole — in 2013, a huge drop from 33 percent who fell into it last year.
Projections were made by eHealth, which analyzed more than 17,000 of their own user sessions during last year's Medicare enrollment.
That means the vast majority of seniors— 91 percent — will not hit the Medicare prescription drug donut hole at any time in 2013. Among users who will hit the donut hole in 2013, nearly two-thirds (62 percent) will hit the donut hole between September and December in their existing Medicare prescription drug plan.
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