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Trump is sending $500 Obamacare refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans

Treasury Department checks will go to more than 950,000 people across 30 states who used the federal health insurance exchange

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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the federal government will issue $500 refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans in 30 states, returning what his administration describes as excess fees collected through the Affordable Care Act's federal exchange during the Biden administration.

According to USA Today, more than 950,000 Americans will receive Treasury Department checks accompanied by letters bearing Trump's signature. "For years, the Biden administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov," Trump says in the letter, which USA Today viewed. "That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the........

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