{"id":5543,"date":"2026-10-03T11:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/trump-taps-medicare-fund-for-90-senior-payments\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:54:57","slug":"trump-taps-medicare-fund-for-90-senior-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/trump-taps-medicare-fund-for-90-senior-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Taps Medicare Fund for $90 Senior Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/AxDk183--lc\/maxresdefault.webp)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BREAKING NEWS: Trump Announces He Will Tap Medicare Improvement Fund To Help Pay Part B Premiums\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AxDk183--lc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 October 3, 2026 (STL.News) President Donald Trump has announced that his administration will distribute one-time $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees, tapping a Medicare fund created by Congress during the George W. Bush administration that, according to the Congressional Budget Office, went unused by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services for years after its establishment. The White House announced the payments Friday, saying they are intended to help eligible Medicare beneficiaries offset the cost of their Part B premiums. Most qualifying beneficiaries are expected to receive $90 by direct<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/trump-taps-medicare-fund-for-90-senior-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 October 3, 2026 (STL.News) President Donald Trump has announced that his administration will distribute one-time $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees, tapping a Medicare fund created by Congress during the George W&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5545,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5543\/revisions\/5545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}