Senior having problems with the medicare doughnut hole

Washington Post article on politicle fallout from Medicare Part D.

The doughnut hole ends federal payments for a person's drug purchases once an annual spending limit is reached, resuming them only after the beneficiary has spent thousands of dollars out-of-pocket. It was one of the most contentious elements of the 2003 legislation that created the drug benefit, which was championed by the Bush administration and congressional Republicans.