President Trump revealed his
administration will send one-time $90 payments to over 20 million Medicare Part
B enrollees in early October, tapping the previously unused Medicare
Improvement Fund established in 2008.
He tied the move to midterm promises, including a $5,000 'Trump Dividend' for every U.S. citizen if Republicans win in November, potentially costing $1.58 trillion for 316 million people. Trump also pitched routing healthcare funds directly to individuals, while supporters hailed the checks as reclaiming money from waste and critics saw them as election timing.