The coverage gap is one stage of the Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage cycle. The cycle begins each year on January 1. Hereâs how it works: During Phase 1 (Initial Coverage Stage), the beneficiary pays the standard plan cost for each drug, and the plan pays the remainder of the cost.
They are grown year-round in tropical climates and are usually smaller and less sour than lemons, although varieties may differ in sugar and acidic content. Plants with fruit called limes have diverse genetic origins; limes do not form a monophyletic group.
Called Indian figs or prickly pears, the lemon-or plum-shaped fruit of the Opuntia cacti ripen in late September. When mature, their outsides become bright red and the insides turn fiery orange (some varietiesânot quite as sweet as the red prickly pearâare yellow on the outside when ripe and green inside).