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25 Million Seniors Face Higher Drug Premiums as Trump Ends Medicare Subsidy
The White House will let a Biden-era premium cushion expire after 2026, leaving 25 million drug-plan enrollees waiting until fall to learn what 2027 will cost.
What we knew first
- Trump administration will end Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration after 2026.
- Medicare Part D itself continues; only the added subsidy ends.
- Exact 2027 premium increases remain unknown until fall rate announcements.
Still open then
- How much any individual plan will raise premiums, and how much insurers will absorb versus pass through.
- Whether the under-$10 projection for most recipients holds once all plan filings are in.
We said we'd watch for
- Watch fall 2026 plan announcements for actual 2027 Part D premiums county by county.
- Watch whether premium notices become a midterm issue for older voters.
