President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration will send one-time checks of $90 to certain Medicare recipients as he campaigns across the country about a month before the 2026 midterm elections.

“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,” he said. “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.” The Medicare Improvement Fund was created in 2008 to make general improvements to the program, but has never been used.