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2025-07-01 16:21:26 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Illegal immigrants are already ineligible for Medicaid, or services from Federal Medicaid funding. https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/5-key-facts-about-immigrants-and-medicaid/ Some states offer Medicaid-like coverage to illegal immigrants, at the states' own expense. An earlier version of the bill would have punished those states. https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/a-false-claim-about-illegal-immigration-and-medicaid/

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• Illegal immigrants are already ineligible for Medicaid, or services from Federal Medicaid funding. https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/5-key-facts-about-immigrants-and-medicaid/ Some states offer Medicaid-like coverage to illegal immigrants, at the states' own expense. An earlier version of the bill would have punished those states. https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/a-false-claim-about-illegal-immigration-and-medicaid/