Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage Gap Discounts to May 31, 2011

The Affordable Care Act is cutting the cost of prescription drugs for millions of people with Medicare, including a 50% percent discount on brand name drugs bought when seniors and people with disabilities are in the donut hole. So far, 478,272 people have used the discounts to save an average of $545 for a total of more than $260 million. Those savings will continue to grow until people with high drug costs get out of the donut hole later this year.

State Name	Number of Beneficiaries with Gap discount	Total Gap Discount Amount	Average Gap Discount Amount per Beneficiary	Count of PDEs with Gap Discount
ALABAMA	5,299	$3,071,853.32	$579.70	19,569
ALASKA	371	$215,979.97	$582.16	1,613
ARIZONA	8,684	$4,835,544.27	$556.83	28,211
ARKANSAS	3,706	$2,208,267.45	$595.86	13,640
CALIFORNIA	54,586	$29,574,275.30	$541.79	202,819
COLORADO	5,489	$3,400,681.48	$619.54	18,191
CONNECTICUT	4,779	$2,652,306.95	$554.99	16,674
DELAWARE	1,947	$1,216,091.76	$624.60	6,550
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	413	$242,702.15	$587.66	1,524
FLORIDA	29,249	$17,099,041.78	$584.60	97,145
GEORGIA	13,752	$6,263,064.39	$455.43	52,527
GUAM	20	$13,324.14	$666.21	53
HAWAII	1,675	$730,529.93	$436.14	5,473
IDAHO	1,638	$1,053,108.90	$642.92	5,683
ILLINOIS	14,150	$8,371,587.85	$591.63	48,873
INDIANA	12,108	$6,655,223.18	$549.66	44,604
IOWA	3,882	$2,283,146.46	$588.14	14,810
KANSAS	5,042	$2,701,465.35	$535.79	20,122
KENTUCKY	11,941	$4,868,673.44	$407.73	47,613
LOUISIANA	6,473	$3,205,910.52	$495.27	24,172
MAINE	1,543	$747,004.73	$484.12	4,726
MARYLAND	7,545	$4,027,049.91	$533.74	26,424
MASSACHUSETTS	8,494	$4,568,651.93	$537.87	27,263
MICHIGAN	11,821	$7,046,465.34	$596.10	36,415
MINNESOTA	5,699	$3,511,164.27	$616.10	17,749
MISSISSIPPI	3,698	$2,152,619.12	$582.10	13,360
MISSOURI	9,529	$5,135,111.09	$538.89	35,119
MONTANA	1,142	$828,267.33	$725.28	3,836
NEBRASKA	2,377	$1,464,504.40	$616.11	8,950
NEVADA	3,235	$1,837,353.84	$567.96	10,510
NEW HAMPSHIRE	1,719	$1,034,711.00	$601.93	5,790
NEW JERSEY	18,378	$11,277,356.63	$613.63	69,327
NEW MEXICO	2,232	$1,033,254.52	$462.93	7,203
NEW YORK	32,786	$19,409,066.33	$591.99	119,610
NORTH CAROLINA	13,825	$7,828,235.87	$566.24	51,168
NORTH DAKOTA	883	$499,966.16	$566.21	3,103
OHIO	23,557	$10,469,759.88	$444.44	76,835
OKLAHOMA	7,292	$2,907,051.41	$398.66	27,947
OREGON	6,052	$3,197,318.46	$528.31	20,009
PENNSYLVANIA	35,972	$19,003,353.13	$528.28	138,731
PUERTO RICO	5,410	$2,836,569.65	$524.32	23,325
RHODE ISLAND	1,658	$899,139.12	$542.30	5,830
SOUTH CAROLINA	6,474	$3,565,946.83	$550.81	23,208
SOUTH DAKOTA	1,090	$756,562.36	$694.09	3,965
TENNESSEE	10,401	$5,678,296.60	$545.94	37,529
TEXAS	27,278	$16,213,402.63	$594.38	97,518
UTAH	2,876	$1,625,226.15	$565.10	9,927
VERMONT	1,048	$676,475.99	$645.49	3,810
VIRGIN ISLANDS	101	$55,548.87	$549.99	314
VIRGINIA	11,339	$5,885,424.32	$519.04	41,059
WASHINGTON	8,483	$5,199,639.01	$612.95	28,255
WEST VIRGINIA	10,884	$3,226,954.77	$296.49	54,169
WISCONSIN	7,571	$4,809,249.29	$635.22	27,290
WYOMING	624	$435,536.17	$697.97	2,196
GRAND TOTAL	478,272	$260,534,102.60	$544.74	1,732,509

Posted on: June 28, 2011