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Trump promises to send $500 to nearly 1 million Americans for Obamacare 'overcharges'
The checks will go to unsubsidized enrollees in 30 states and are set to begin in October, the White House said.
- President Donald Trump announced an initiative to issue $500 direct rebate checks to roughly 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees across 30 states.
- The White House plans to distribute the $500 million in payments beginning in October, targeting enrollees who pay full price for coverage without receiving federal premium tax credits.
- Administration officials stated the rebates are funded by excess user fees collected from insurers during the Biden administration that went unspent in federal accounts.
- The proposal comes amid sharp increases in ACA premiums following the expiration of enhanced pandemic-era subsidies earlier in the year.
- Healthcare advocacy groups and political opponents dismissed the plan as an election-year "gimmick," noting that a one-time $500 check fails to offset the steep rise in overall healthcare costs.
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Following his pledge to pay $5,000 (6.67 million won) to every American adult if he wins the November midterm elections, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would refund $500 (670,000 won) in insurance premiums to one million Americans before the election. Amid the Republican Party struggling in the midterm elections, President Trump has made a series of...
WHITE HOUSE VIDEO: President Trump Announces Obamacare Refunds
President Donald J. Trump announces $500 rebate checks to nearly 1 million hardworking Americans who were wrongly overcharged through Obamacare. “Our Administration is doing the right thing and giving the money back to the people who were wrongly ripped off.” source Source
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