Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleTrump's $5000 election 'bribe'; Is it legal, how much will it cost and will it ever arrive?President Donald Trump says the federal government will issue $500 refunds to nearly one million Americans for what he called Obamacare “overcharges.”Trump said the funds will come from a $500 million government cache of excess fees paid by Affordable Care Act enrollees who “were massively overcharged.”The Trump administration will begin mailing the refund checks to eligible recipients starting in October, just ahead of the November elections. The program applies to eligible residents across 30 states.The states include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.Trump announced the refund initiative one day after pledging at a GOP midterm convention to send every American adult a $5,000 'Trump dividend' if Republicans maintain majorities in Congress. In fullTrump follows up his $5,000 ‘dividend’ payment by announcing some Americans will be getting $500 Obamacare refundsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in