The Trump administration is planning to scrap Medicare subsidies, which could leave seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year.
After 2026, the government will stop providing billions in subsidies to insurance companies that keep premiums low for Medicare prescription plans, known as Part D, Trump administration officials told The Wall Street Journal Tuesday.
Roughly 25 million people have Part D plans, and the average monthly payment was roughly $36 in 2026. Medicare recipients will learn of their new rates in the fall, right around the midterm elections, in which affordability is sure to be a key issue.
A Trump administration official told the Journal that 25 percent of Medicare enrollees would see their premiums stay the same, 30 percent would see an increase of less than $10 to their monthly bill, and 45 percent would see a monthly increase of between $11 and $20.
Note: The Trump administration has already overseen a price increase for some 700 prescription drugs covered by Part D plans.
The administration official claimed that the subsidies had encouraged insurers to raise rates, and that there would be other means of keeping premiums low. If not, there were other affordable options, the official said.
Boomers, aren’t ya just glad?
Boomers are the most entitled and spoiled generation there has ever been.
Speaking as someone squarely in the Gen X age bracket that votes regularly, and more than just for presidential elections (and never for TFG). I know far more people my age that don’t vote. In my state/districts in 2020/2022/2024, it didn’t matter luckily, however the complete checking out is narrow-minded, and infuriating, as most seem to believe that voting makes them complicit in perpetuating the broken system. There are a couple that I’m glad didn’t vote, as I know if they had, they would go down ballot R because that is what their dad did/does and heaven forbid any they spend any time to read/listen or any critical thinking is asked of them.
Maybe, if they’re in a militia training to overthrow the system. Otherwise, they’re just short of Sovereign Citizens, imagining they’ve got a cheat code to escape the moral burden of the failing system. I mean, definitely, let’s change the system, but in the meantime, let’s try for the least bad actors we can.