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<blockquote data-quote="ThxOne" data-source="post: 8914548" data-attributes="member: 675210"><h3>Illegal aliens receive “emergency” Medicaid</h3>States receive federal funding to provide “emergency” Medicaid coverage to illegal aliens.4 Although initially created as a narrow safety net to reimburse hospitals for life-saving care provided to illegal aliens, spending on this program has ballooned in recent years. Federal spending on these services nearly tripled over the last five years, reaching an alarming $6.1 billion in 2024.5-7[ATTACH=full]69349[/ATTACH]The lion’s share of this spending is driven by California, which alone received more than $4.5 billion last year—nearly 75 percent of the entire national total.8 California’s outsized share of spending is particularly troubling, given that just 16 percent of illegal aliens in the United States reside in California and its share of other types of federal Medicaid funding totals less than 16 percent.9-10</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThxOne, post: 8914548, member: 675210"] [HEADING=2]Illegal aliens receive “emergency” Medicaid[/HEADING] States receive federal funding to provide “emergency” Medicaid coverage to illegal aliens.4 Although initially created as a narrow safety net to reimburse hospitals for life-saving care provided to illegal aliens, spending on this program has ballooned in recent years. Federal spending on these services nearly tripled over the last five years, reaching an alarming $6.1 billion in 2024.5-7 [ATTACH=full]69349[/ATTACH] The lion’s share of this spending is driven by California, which alone received more than $4.5 billion last year—nearly 75 percent of the entire national total.8 California’s outsized share of spending is particularly troubling, given that just 16 percent of illegal aliens in the United States reside in California and its share of other types of federal Medicaid funding totals less than 16 percent.9-10 [/QUOTE]

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