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Trump raids Medicare for $90 checks in a cynical midterm stunt

Donald Trump is sending $90 payments to 20 million seniors to offset Medicare costs, but the nominal sum is a cynical political ploy that ignores systemic healthcare inflation.

By Maya Ellison · October 3, 2026

Trump's $500 Obamacare refunds are a bribe for the voter

President Donald Trump is not practicing health policy; he is practicing the arithmetic of the bribe.

By Emilio Quesada · September 11, 2026

Trump's $500 Obamacare checks are a coupon for a crisis

My father was an actuary; my mother was an ICU nurse. I grew up in a house where the ledger always had to balance and the patient always had to be stabilized.

By Dana Whitfield · September 11, 2026