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Trump promises no tax on Social Security, touts drug‑price changes and Medicare rollouts
Summary
At a Villages, Fla., rally, former President Donald J. Trump reiterated a pledge to eliminate federal taxes on Social Security, announced Medicare coverage for some weight‑loss drugs at $50 per month starting July 1 and touted a $210 million rural health funding allocation, framing the moves as wins for seniors.
Donald J. Trump told a crowd in The Villages that his administration has delivered what he described as a historic set of benefits for seniors, repeating a campaign pledge to eliminate federal taxation of Social Security and announcing new Medicare coverage and funding changes.
Trump opened the segment by asking the audience to back a ballot‑style poll on priorities and declared “no tax on Social Security” the crowd favorite. He said the package of tax and regulatory changes produced record refunds for seniors and cited, without independent verification, that “more than 51,000,000 American seniors now pay a federal tax rate of 0.”
He also credited his administration with accelerating Medicare prior authorizations and launching a fraud‑targeting effort in Medicare and Medicaid. Trump said those enforcement efforts have removed people from entitlement rolls and helped protect seniors’ benefits.
On drug costs, Trump asserted steep price reductions under agreements he described as "most favored nation" arrangements and gave anecdotal comparisons of drug prices abroad versus the United States. He announced that, beginning July 1, Medicare will cover certain weight‑loss drugs — he named Ozempic, Zepbound and Wegovy — with a patient cost of $50 per month. He reiterated that insulin has been capped at $25 for patients.
A Trump‑invited guest, Dr. Phil, spoke briefly in support of restoring trust in government promises to seniors and called the taxation of Social Security “double taxation.” A local resident, introduced as Mary Alice, described using her tax refund to pay for a new roof and thanked the speaker for the benefits.
Many of the quantitative claims in the speech — including the counts of seniors affected, the magnitude of drug‑price reductions (the speech cited reductions described as 400%–800% in places), and the timing or statutory effect of program changes — were presented by Trump as statements of administration accomplishment. The transcript records these as assertions by the speaker; the claims are noted here as his reported statements rather than independently verified facts.
The segment closed with a call for turnout in upcoming elections and another restatement of the no‑tax‑on‑Social‑Security pledge as a central message to senior voters.
