Trump’s $500 ACA ‘refund’ checks won’t make a dent in rising healthcare costs

Premiums grew by an average of 18% this year and are expected to grow next year, too. Experts say policy—not onetime payments—is what’s needed.

Last week, the Trump administration began sending $500 checks to roughly 1 million Obamacare enrollees in 30 states—a “refund” for what the administration calls “high costs imposed by the Biden administration’s gross mismanagement of Obamacare.”