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Exposing the ‘overcharge’ lie: The origin of Trump’s new $500 bribe
What happened
AlterNet reports that the White House planned to mail roughly one million people $500 checks bearing Donald Trump’s signature, accompanied by a letter claiming the Biden administration had “massively overcharged” users of the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace and retained the money. The administration had not published an accounting supporting that explanation, according to the article.
The report cites KFF health-policy expert Larry Levitt, who said the surplus most likely originated during Trump’s first term, when marketplace fees exceeded spending partly because his…
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