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Trump to Send $90 Medicare Checks, Says Americans Can ‘Rest Assured’ $5,000 Will Follow After Midterms

With the midterm elections just weeks away, President Donald Trump announced on Friday that more than 20 million Medicare Part B beneficiaries will receive a one-time $90 payment this month. Trump, who declared on Truth Social that his administration would send out "checks," said the money will come from the $2 billion Medicare Improvement Fund and is…

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Trump pledges to send $90 checks to millions of seniors on MedicareIt’s the latest payment the president has promised to send Americans ahead of the midterms.

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Trump announces $90 payments for seniors on Medicare ahead of midterm elections for premium costsPresident Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. This time, the checks are going to more than 20 million seniors, giving them $90 each to help pay for Medicare premiums. It's the latest in a series of such promises ahead of the midterms. Last month, Trump said about 1 million people would get rebates…

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Trump has $90 for his “wonderful Seniors”The one-time Medicare payment is less than half a standard monthly Part B premium, arrives just before the midterms

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Trump promises $100 checks for 20 million seniors for MedicarePresident 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. Why it matters: 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. What he's saying:…

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Healthcare’s Economic Risk Is Too Big to Ignore: Jonathan LevinConsumer confidence is collapsing, hiring is weak and the housing market is largely frozen. All of which serves to underscore that the US economy is only holding up because of the boom in artificial intelligence and an aging population spending ever more on healthcare. Although the former seems to garner all the attention these days, the latter is…

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The Latest: Trump Interrupted by Protesters as He Campaigns for Paxton in US Senate Race in TexasPresident Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off sweeping Democratic victories in the nation’s most populous red state. The president’s message was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, including by one who appeared to be close…

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'He Thinks Working People Are a Joke': Ken Paxton Floats Social Security Cuts in Leaked AudioKen Paxton, the Republican Party’s nominee for the US Senate in Texas , expressed a willingness to cut programs such as Social Security in a leaked recording published by The Texas Tribune on Thursday. In the recording, which was made during a private meeting with donors and lobbyists last month, Paxton said he'd target "mandatory spending"…

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Trump emails Medicare enrollees about $90 payment, touts his policiesThe unusual move, which comes weeks before the midterm elections, has been derided by Democrats and advocates as a stunt.

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Louisiana Department of Health announces Medicaid pre-release services for incarcerated individualsBATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health announced on Friday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved Louisiana's 115 Reentry Demonstration, allowing the state to receive Federal Financial Participation for providing Medicaid pre-release services to incarcerated individuals.

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