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Trump announced Medicare Part B premium refund checks

Trump announces planned nearly 100 dollar checks for over 20 million Medicare seniors from the Medicare Improvement Fund, distinguishes ACA overcharge refunds for one million people, and makes the 5000 dollar dividend conditional on Republicans winning the midterms. Do not treat an announced payment as completed or the conditional dividend as enacted.

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  1. Donald Trump
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    Trump announces nearly 100 dollar Medicare payments to more than twenty million seniors

    Trump announces nearly 100 dollar Medicare payments to more than twenty million seniors. Trump says the 5000 dollar dividend depends on a Republican midterm victory.

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    I am pleased to announce that my Administration will, immediately, begin sending “Checks” of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, which we have already reduced by significant amounts. This money will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, a pointless “Slush Fund” that has only been used by Dumocrats in Congress to pay for the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for their Special Interest friends, and drive up Healthcare costs. We are finally using this Fund, along with my Most Favored Nations Deals, to substantially LOWER costs for our Seniors. I pledged to protect and preserve Medicare and Social Security, which were on the verge of RUIN by Joe Biden, who foolishly and maliciously let tens of millions of Illegal Aliens into our Country, and we are doing just that for America’s Seniors. This is separate from the equally substantial Refund...

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  2. Donald Trump
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    Trump announces Medicare Improvement Fund payments of nearly $100 for seniors

    Trump announces Medicare Improvement Fund payments of nearly $100 for seniors and notes anti-fraud efforts reduced Medicare premiums by $132 per year.

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    President Donald J. Trump Announces Medicare Improvement Fund Payments for Seniors. Today, I'm thrilled to make an announcement benefiting millions of America's incredible seniors. For years, Washington's politicians have funneled money to a littleknown government program called the Medicare Improvement Fund. It has billions of dollars, but for its entire existence, past presidents and Congress never spent the money to actually improve Medicare. Premiums rose and Americans on Medicare suffered greatly. But under our leadership, we're finally going to use the Medicare Improvement Fund to do what it was designed and intended to do. Help America's seniors. I'm pleased to announce that over 20 million seniors on Medicare will soon be receiving a deposit of nearly $100 directly into their bank accounts. Through our war on fraud, we have already reduced your Medicare premiums by $132 per year,...

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