# These $90 payments from Social Security that just showed up {$90 Medicare dividend} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 6, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633 "2026-10-06T23:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/1 "2026-10-06T23:58:41Z")
Both Mr. brown and I received today $90 each from Social Security. Googling says: “The checks, which have already hit some seniors’ bank accounts, are tied to the [Trump administration’s announcement](https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/10/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-medicare-improvement-fund-payments-for-seniors/) that it would send checks to 20 million Medicare enrollees to lower healthcare costs.” I won’t accept bribe money originating from the orange turd. I’m sending our $180 directly to the Democratic party. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/2 "2026-10-07T00:02:19Z")
I like the cut of your jib! I’ll be doing the same. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/3 "2026-10-07T00:05:20Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > I won’t accept bribe money originating from the orange turd. I’m sending our $180 directly to the Democratic party. Hmm, things are a little tight right now, but I agree- at least part of it. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/4 "2026-10-07T00:16:24Z")
That’s like, what, a 1% reduction of cost? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/5 "2026-10-07T01:06:48Z")
Great idea! Me, too. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/6 "2026-10-07T01:43:59Z")
Respect to all who do that 👏 I’d love to see it become a trend, with everyone letting Dem Party know where it came from. And then the word getting out to El Stupido that he just added to the "lunatics’ " coffer. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/7 "2026-10-08T03:15:07Z")
I got mine today. Donated $100 to our local public library. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/8 "2026-10-09T12:40:35Z")
My wife read on Reddit somewhere that this $90 payment was actually some sort of overpayment refund that was set up during the Obama administration. She’s trying to verify that this is true but not having much luck. Has anyone else heard anything like that? It seems odd to me that they would set up a payment like that for 12-15 years in the future, since a lot of people on Social Security might not be around to collect by that time. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/9 "2026-10-09T13:18:32Z")
Apparently more like it’s from a fund that was created way back then (2008 so W, not Obama) and the current crew noticed there was still money sitting there after all this time. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/10 "2026-10-09T13:26:07Z")
Loving this response! If anyone is against an overtly political donation, consider the ACLU. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/11 "2026-10-09T13:58:37Z")
I’m one of the 950,000 who got the $500 ACA refund, for using the ACA without a subsidy. Unlike the $90 refunds that just showed up in your bank account, our checks came with an [incredibly stupid letter](https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-obamacare-500-refund-checks-come-with-a-letter-read-in-full-12527395) from Trump. While I would like to donate my $500 to Amy Acton’s campaign for governor, or Sherrod Brown’s campaign for senate (like many Ohioans on Reddit have done), mine is going into savings for now. I’m playing savings catch-up from the $100/mo extra my ACA plan is costing, higher grocery costs and higher gas costs. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/12 "2026-10-09T14:01:20Z")
Eh. Is it really taking a bribe if I accept the money but don’t do what they want? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/13 "2026-10-09T15:51:33Z")
That sounds more like you’re scamming the person who tried to bribe you. Which I endorse in this situation. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/14 "2026-10-09T21:46:23Z")
I used mine to donate to my Democratic candidate for Congress. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/15 "2026-10-10T02:19:10Z")
I haven’t, at least so far, seen any such $90. If I do, I’m broke, I’ll take it. Part of it can pay for gas to get me to the nearest October 17 action. What I have seen is a letter offering me $1000 in matching funds to be deposited in my non-existent IRA; along with the helpful information that if I haven’t got one I could start one, and a link for instructions to some site including Trump in its name. So if I had enough money to dump $2000 in an account (it’s a 50% match), they’d give me another thousand. But for those too broke to do so, no money for us! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/16 "2026-10-10T15:06:38Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Unlike the $90 refunds that just showed up in your bank account, our checks came with an [incredibly stupid letter](https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-obamacare-500-refund-checks-come-with-a-letter-read-in-full-12527395) from Trump. I got a very similar email from Medicare a couple of days ago, consisting entirely of a letter from Trump touting “his” $90 refund. It was sickening. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/17 "2026-10-10T17:58:28Z")
I got the ninety bucks, too. Any way to donate to something like the DNC without subsequently getting bombed by emails and texts for the rest of your natural life? If my mother is to be believed, the answer to that is “No.” Meh. I donated. I’ll deal with the inevitable consequences later. They _have to_ be preferable to what we’re all dealing with now 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/18 "2026-10-10T21:04:50Z")
Yeah, it’s likely you’ll get flooded. It’s kind of a drag but when you text ‘stop’ / email ‘unsubscribe’ they really do leave you alone. At least where I am that’s been the case. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/19 "2026-10-10T21:10:45Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I haven’t, at least so far, seen any such $90 same, although I expect I will since I got an email with the orange turd talking about it. It’s OUR money you fuckstick. 😡 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/20 "2026-10-10T21:46:53Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I haven’t, at least so far, seen any such $90. I could be wrong, and somebody else will straighten me out, I’m sure, but I understand it’s related to Medicare. If you have regular Medicare you will get it. If you have Medicare Advantage, you will not. My sample is just a few people around here at The Home. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633.md?page=2)