President Donald Trump is sending $500 checks to nearly a million Americans this week, along with a letter promoting his record on healthcare.
The US Treasury is releasing the checks to over 950,000 Americans across 30 states who were enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans, an administration official said. The letter from the president was set to be mailed out to recipients on Thursday.
“For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!” Trump begins the letter.
Trump previously announced plans to send out the Affordable Care Act refund checks in early September, saying the Biden administration had overcharged enrollees and “accumulated a significant surplus of funds that were not used to benefit the Americans who paid these higher premiums.”
The payments are coming about a month before Americans head to the polls for the midterm elections. They’re also part of a trend of Trump promising cash payments in his second term. The president said this month he would send every American adult a $5,000 “Trump dividend” if Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate in November.
Some families will receive more than one $500 ACA refund check if they have multiple family members impacted, the administration official said. The 30 states where ACA enrollees are receiving checks use the federal health insurance exchange, while the states that are not included run their own exchanges.
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