In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A

Photo: President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a dinner for the nation’s governors, Saturday, February 21, 2026, in the East Room of the White House. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Article by Nick Lichtenberg. Yahoo Finance – February 23, 2026. This article was originally published by Fortune.

Recent policy changes and economic shifts have slashed 12 years off the projected life span of the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A, according to a newly updated report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund is now slated to be entirely exhausted by 2040, even though the balance generally increases through 2031, as spending will begin to outstrip income in the following year. […]

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