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The $90 Medicare Part B Payment: Who Gets It and Where the White House and CMS Differ on Timing

By Plainly Now News Desk Published October 3, 2026

A sample Medicare Health Insurance card marked SAMPLE, showing a placeholder name and number and entitlement to Hospital (Part A) and Medical (Part B).

As of Oct. 3, 2026, the federal government says a one-time $90 Medicare Part B payment is coming; CMS says most get a direct deposit on or around Oct. 8.

Medicare Finalizes Drug Pricing Model, but Estimated Savings Shrink to $80 Million a Year

By Plainly Now News Desk Published October 1, 2026 Updated October 3, 2026

Intravenous infusion bags, one deep red, hanging from a hospital IV pole beside a window.

CMS finalized the GLOBE drug pricing model for Original Medicare Part B on Sept. 30, estimating savings of about $80 million a year, down from $2.3 billion.

All 50 states applied for Trump’s Medicaid drug-pricing model; 40 have signed. What it changes and doesn’t

By Plainly Now News Desk Published September 19, 2026 Updated October 3, 2026

A dark sign reading Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, outside the building in Washington, D.C.

All 50 states applied to Trump’s Medicaid drug-pricing model, but only 40 have signed; enrollee copays are not expected to change.