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Trump administration issues $90 Medicare rebate to 20.8M enrollees

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President Donald Trump's administration is issuing a one-time $90 payment to approximately 20.8 million Medicare Part B enrollees to help cover premium costs. This initiative, costing around $2 billion, is funded by the Medicare Improvement Fund and is set to be disbursed this week via direct deposit or check. However, the payment excludes Medicare Advantage enrollees and low-income beneficiaries, leading critics to label it a pre-election tactic rather than a solution to systemic healthcare cost issues. AI

RANK_REASON Policy decision by a former US president impacting a large segment of the population. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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Trump administration issues $90 Medicare rebate to 20.8M enrollees

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Fatima Hussein, The Associated Press ·

    Trump’s $2 billion midterms health-care bribe will go to just 20.8 million Americans, less than one-third of Medicare recipients

    Medicare Advantage enrollees and millions of low-income recipients are excluded from the one-time payments, which will cost about $2 billion.

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