Trump Emails Medicare Enrollees on $90 Payments as $2 Billion Shift Draws Election Criticism
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 8
Trump Emails Medicare Enrollees on $90 Payments as $2 Billion Shift Draws Election Criticism
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 8
Summary
$90 one-time Medicare payments were pitched directly to millions of seniors in a Trump email that said the money would offset October premiums and support their “individual healthcare needs.”
The message also promoted Trump’s healthcare agenda, including TrumpRx.gov and his claim of lowering prescription drug prices, in an outreach sent less than a month before the midterm elections.
$2 billion for the payments came from a Medicare improvement fund that Congress had set aside for program upgrades, a move that surprised lawmakers in both parties.
Democrats and senior advocates said the payments do little to ease persistent healthcare costs and called the email a political stunt aimed at older voters.