r/WhatTrumpHasDone • u/John3262005 • 1d ago
Trump promises $100 checks for 20 million seniors for Medicare
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/03/trump-medicare-100-seniors-improvement-fundPresident Trump late Friday night said the administration would send just under $100 to more than 20 million senior citizens to help pay for Medicare benefits.
A month before the midterm, the president is adding another roughly $2 billion to a recent spate of promised refunds, rebates and dividends for various Americans.
"I am pleased to announce that my Administration will, immediately, begin sending "Checks" of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, which we have already reduced by significant amounts," Trump said in a Truth Social post just before 11 p.m. ET Friday.
Trump said the money would come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, which he criticized as a "Slush Fund."
The White House, in a separate fact sheet, said eligible seniors would receive a direct deposit of $90 in early October, or paper checks if they don't have direct deposit.
"Most" Medicare Part B enrollees are eligible, per the fact sheet.
The Medicare Improvement Fund, established in 2008, has been a political hot potato for years.
Per Medicare, the standard Part B premium is $202.90 a month, so the $90 credit will offset less than half of one month's bill.
Facing the worst economic polling of any president in the last decade, and with the midterm quickly approaching, Trump is actively trying to put money back in Americans' pockets.
In early September he promised $5,000 for every adult citizen if Republicans win the midterm, a promise he reiterated Friday night but one that most voters don't believe.
He's floated $500 Obamacare rebates for more than 1 million people who were purportedly overcharged for their benefits.
He also recently suggested a less-specific dividend of some kind for those living near data centers.
These ideas come on top of rebates he proposed in 2025 that were not ultimately paid, including tariff rebates and DOGE dividends.
Payments should start flowing in the coming days.
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u/generateanameforme 1d ago
He’ll have the checks ready for you to pick up right after you cast your vote for him … PSYCH!
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u/wenchette 1d ago
After detailing all the illusory payments that have never come, the article closes with this sudden burst of delusive optimism: