There Are Alternatives: Insuring to Bridge the Gap or Opting Out
By STEPHANIE SAUL, New York Times
One way for Medicare Part D enrollees to deal with the “doughnut hole” is to insure themselves against it. Another way is to simply not get involved with Part D in the first place.

Strategies to Avoid Medicare’s Big Hole
By STEPHANIE SAUL, New York Times
A gap in Medicare’s prescription drug coverage is helping to curb growth in the nation’s drug spending by pushing people toward low-cost generic drugs.

On Language: Doughnut Hole
By WILLIAM SAFIRE, New York Times
Medicare’s metaphor of controversy.