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Here’s What’s Really at Stake in the Fight for Medicaid Funding
The raging battle over Medicaid funding is really a fight about the soul of Medicaid and our progress as a society. The broader objective of the House legislation is clear – to reverse decades of progress and take us back to 1965, when health care was welfare, and many people simply were considered undeserving of…
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Factchecking The White House “Mythbuster” on Medicaid Cuts and Immigrants
On June 2, 2025, The White House posted a “Mythbuster” fact sheet in defense of the House-passed reconciliation bill. However, the sheet is full of inaccuracies and advances more myths than facts—too many to cover in just one blog. This blog will focus on one prominent false claim, namely that 1.4 million undocumented immigrants will…
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More Fact Checking on Medicaid Spending for Immigrants
Last week, a member of the Trump administration repeated a claim that the Administration was “kicking illegal immigrants off Medicaid to protect Medicaid for AMERICANS!” This is consistent with misleading talking points that the House-passed reconciliation bill, now under consideration by the Senate, targets cuts on Medicaid spending to undocumented immigrants. But is any of…
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House Bill Takes Health Care Away From Immigrants, Including Lawfully Present Children and Pregnant Women
Misinformation and confusion (even among lawmakers, more on that below) about immigrant eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) continues to dominate the dialogue about the proposed changes in the House-passed reconciliation bill (see bill text as considered by the Rules Committee, alongside the manager’s amendment that was adopted before final…
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The Truth About Medicaid Coverage for Immigrants – and the Looming Threats
There has been a lot of information and misinformation about Medicaid coverage for immigrants circulating in the news, including wildly inaccurate reporting that undocumented immigrants are driving up Medicaid spending—when the truth is that they are NOT even eligible for traditional Medicaid. At the same time, while some Republicans in Congress have said they are…