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

15 publications, in the order they reported. The story spread over 171 hours 47 minutes. Words in highlight are ones the first headline did not use. All top stories · On NewsMarkets

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Publications over time

13:00 UTC16:48 UTC15 publications
Publications in order of reporting
#Time (UTC)After the firstPublicationHeadline
1firstQuartzTrump is sending $500 Obamacare refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans by Cris Tolomia
2+3 hours 2 minutesThe HillWhite House begins mailing $500 ObamaCare 'refund' checks by Nathaniel Weixel
3+11 hoursBusiness InsiderRead the letter Trump is sending along with $500 checks to nearly 1 million Americans for ACA 'refunds' by Kelsey Vlamis
4+27 hours 6 minutesFox NewsTrump handing 1 million Americans Obamacare refund checks in 30 states
5+30 hours 39 minutesWashington PostTrump sends out $500 ACA refunds and a letter promoting his record by Violet Jira
6+49 hours 44 minutesFortuneTrump says Biden overcharged Obamacare customers. Now almost 1 million of them are getting $500 checks—here’s who qualifies by Sydney Lake
7+69 hours 58 minutesAxiosTrump promises $100 checks for 20 million seniors for Medicare by Ben Berkowitz
8+72 hours 48 minutesThe GuardianTrump says US to send one-time $90 payment to 20m seniors enrolled in Medicare by Reuters
9+76 hours 8 minutesTimes of India‘Will sign those checks’: Trump repeats $5,000 promise to US adults if Republicans win 2026 midterms by AASHISH VASHISTHA
10+99 hours 58 minutesSTATTrump announces $90 payments for seniors’ Medicare premium costs ahead of midterm elections by Associated Press
11+121 hours 42 minutesMedPage TodayTrump Announces $90 Payments for Seniors on Medicare Ahead of the Midterms
12+126 hours 58 minutesCBS NewsTrump sending ACA and Medicare checks, but will they offset costs?
13+127 hours 38 minutesMarketWatchTrump is promising $90 Medicare rebate checks ahead of the midterms. Here’s the hidden cost. by Brett Arends
14+171 hours 15 minutesNPRShe got Trump's $500 check for health insurance. To her, it's a 'political stunt' by Selena Simmons-Duffin
15+171 hours 47 minutesRoll CallTrump on ensuring ‘dividend’ dollars spent at home: ‘It’s not going to be a big problem’ by John T. Bennett

Who covered it, by audience

12 of 15 publications on this story have an audience score.

Publications by the political lean of their audience
Audience leans Democratic (6)Mixed audience (4)Audience leans Republican (2)

Audience lean comes from Robertson, R. E., Jiang, S., Joseph, K., Friedland, L., Lazer, D., and Wilson, C. (2018), Auditing Partisan Audience Bias within Google Search, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2(CSCW), article 148, used with the authors' permission. The score shows which party's registered voters, on Twitter, shared an outlet's links more. It is not a rating of the outlet's own slant, and it dates from 2018. See how we use it.