How Much Is The Medicare Prescription Donut Hole? 
Medicare Prescription Drug Plans -LRB- also known as PDP or Part D -RRB- offer various levels of coverage before and after your deductible is met . While coverage varies from policy to policy , with most plans , afteryou and your plan have spent $ 2,850 on covered medications the combined amount plus your deductible -RRB- , you fall in to the coverage gap , or donut hole . This means there 's a temporary limit on what the drug plan will cover for drugs.Not everyone will enter the coverage gap , but for those that do , you will pay 47.5 % of the plan 's cost for brand-named drugs , and 28 % of the cost for generic drugs . 