# 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:** 2
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/21 "2026-10-10T23:27:19Z")
I have regular Medicare. I also have Medicaid. I don’t know if that makes a difference. I’m also supposed to be getting $100 from Hochul; I think everybody who filed taxes in NYState gets that ($200 for couples); it’s supposed to be to help with inflation-affected bills. So I suppose you could say I’m getting bribed in both directions. I haven’t seen that yet either. ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/22 "2026-10-10T23:59:24Z")
Welp, I’m stumped. 🤷🏽 ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/23 "2026-10-11T11:51:33Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I have regular Medicare. I also have Medicaid. I don’t know if that makes a difference. It may. Those who are receiving “Medicaid assistance for Part B premiums” are not eligible for the 90 bucks. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/24 "2026-10-11T11:52:38Z")
I’m told it’s only for people in 30 states. ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/25 "2026-10-11T12:37:43Z")
> **[Who Qualifies for the New $90 Medicare Part B Rebate?](https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/medicare/who-qualifies-for-the-new-medicare-part-b-rebate)** > > Are you getting $90 back on your Part B premiums? Here is a complete breakdown of who qualifies, who is excluded and when payments arrive. ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/26 "2026-10-11T13:13:10Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Those who are receiving “Medicaid assistance for Part B premiums” are not eligible for the 90 bucks Ah. Another case of ‘we’re only giving money to those who already have some.’ ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/27 "2026-10-11T15:31:34Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Another case of ‘we’re only giving money to those who already have some.’ Well, they’re not paying people who have to pay IRMAA, so they are excluding recipiants making over $100,000. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/28 "2026-10-11T16:03:59Z")
We haven’t received our bribery checks yet, but My Beloved and I agree that half will be going to the Democrats, and the other half to Tina Kotek’s campaign…both in the name of Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/29 "2026-10-12T17:22:52Z")
I awoke to the news that the goon squad raided Ilhan Omar’s home this morning. I sent the $90 I didn’t get from the Medicare slush fund (not eligible) to her campaign. ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/30 "2026-10-12T17:55:12Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > > Another case of ‘we’re only giving money to those who already have some.’ > > Well, they’re not paying people who have to pay IRMAA, so they are excluding recipiants making over $100,000. This year It’s $109,000 for single taxpayers, $218,000 for married couples. ---
**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 12, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/31 "2026-10-12T18:03:06Z")
I did say “some”, not “lots”. Though I doubt that $90 makes all that much difference to people at the top of that range; though in some cases it could make a lot of difference to people who don’t reach the bottom of that range. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/32 "2026-10-13T05:07:55Z")
Mods, feel free to close if this is a repeat I didn’t notice. As for me and spouse, our combined $180 goes to Troy in Maine, because Susan Collins is among the worst hypocritical Trump enablers I am aware of. A fucking shoelace elected would send an important message about the value of actual, y’know, INTEGRITY, in politics. I hate Susan Collins in an above-average way because she of all people should have known better. We discussed sending it to James Talarico (my first choice), but spouse (who follows these things better than I do) says, “nah … he has gobs of cash already.” Anyway, where does YOUR bribery pay-off go, if you got one? ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/33 "2026-10-13T05:29:39Z")
I think ‘teelabrown’ on this site started a similar thread. If I were old enough and in the right segment, I would put the $90 to a higher insurance premium for next year; that’s all hypothetical as I’m only 50. I heard the feds were originally drawing to bridge each person on a higher premium, or however the economists might put it. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/34 "2026-10-13T05:33:20Z")
An old co-worker who is gay said he was probably going to send his to the Trevor Project. > **[Donate to The Trevor Project](https://give.thetrevorproject.org/campaign/855143/donate?c_src=UMCOF271010260&c_src2=Nebo-Paid-Search&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=generaleffort&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&&msclkid=67244b96415110c6ccf1215b83d60e34&gclid=67244b96415110c6ccf1215b83d60e34&gclsrc=3p.ds&gad_source=7&gad_campaignid=23196054228)** > > Donate to support The Trevor Project: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/campaign/738230/donate ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/35 "2026-10-13T05:44:02Z")
> [@Eric1](#): > > I would put the $90 to a higher insurance premium for next year; that’s all hypothetical as I’m only 50 In other words … keep the money and spend on your fungible expenses. A perfectly reasonable response. But for those of us for whom it isn’t hypothetical - we actually saw the money show up - I’d like to know if you will hold on to it for your expected costs (which is cool) or if you plan to donate it, how? ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/36 "2026-10-13T06:37:11Z")
Mine arrived in the mailbox today. My wife asked if I were going to cash it (feeling that I might not accept anything that originated with Trump) and I said, “heck yeah, and promptly donate it to the Mary Peltola campaign.” (local Democrat with a good chance of unseating the Republican senator) ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/37 "2026-10-13T11:28:30Z")
Gee, I was going to wait for the next Tiffany’s markdown sale. Or maybe see what’s going up for auction at Christie’s… 🤔 Nah, I think I’ll send it to Gina Hinojosa who’s running for governor of Texas against Greg Abbott. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/38 "2026-10-13T14:10:13Z")
I received my $90 last week. Immediately donated $100 to the Adam Hamilton campaign, who’s trying to unseat Roger Marshall in the Kansas Senate race. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/39 "2026-10-13T14:38:05Z")
It’d be tempting to use my $90 to buy a bulb of the coveted [Amorphophallus titanum](https://www.plantdelights.com/products/amorphophallus-titanum-corpse-flower), whose sinister bloom emits foul-smelling gas, in keeping with the Briber-in-Chief. ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633/40 "2026-10-14T00:46:14Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > I won’t accept bribe money originating from the orange turd. I’m sending our $180 directly to the Democratic party. Same. I live in a deep-water-blue state, so I googled up ‘where in the US would my donation have the most impact’, read a bit about the choices, and sent mine there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up-90-medicare-dividend/1033633.md?page=3)