Trump Announces Medicare Checks

Trump said his administration will send one-time $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees to help cover their premiums. The money is supposed to come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, which Congress created in 2008 for Medicare improvements. The White House said that fund had not been used this way before. Trump said the Medicare payments are separate from planned refund checks for about 1 million Obamacare enrollees. He tied the checks to a wider promise of a $5,000 dividend for adult citizens if Republicans keep Congress. Most eligible seniors are expected to get direct deposits in early October. Mailed checks will follow around then.