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Catastrophic Coverage for Drugs

A specific term used in the Medicare Part D plans that refers to the event of a beneficiary’s total drug costs reaching a certain maximum (in 2006 that maximum was $5451.25, for example), after which the beneficiary pays a small coinsurance (like 5%) or a small co-payment for covered drug costs until the end of that calendar year.