Obamacare Refunds

Trump starts mailing $500 Obamacare refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans

The Trump administration has begun sending $500 refund checks to nearly one million Americans overcharged on Obamacare, returning surplus HealthCare.gov fees the White House says Biden officials stockpiled.

The U.S. Treasury has started issuing the one-time payments, paired with a personal letter from President Donald Trump, to more than 950,000 people in the 30 states that rely on the federal HealthCare.gov exchange.

Fox News Digital reported that the refunds go to Americans who bought coverage on the federal platform and did not receive taxpayer premium subsidies. An administration official said the money comes from surplus user fees charged to fund the exchange’s operations.

Those fees built up under the prior administration. Trump’s letter frames the surplus as money that never should have sat in government hands.

Read President Trump's letter