Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to ‘illegal immigrants’
President Donald Trump and other senior Republicans claim that democrats are forcing The closure of the government The struggle is because they want to provide free health care to immigrants in the United States.
Democrats Trying to extend tax loans The opposite of Medicaid, which makes health insurance premiums more appropriate in the markets determined by the appropriate maintenance law known as obamacare Trump’s big bill This summer has passed. However, immigrants who enter the country illegally are not suitable for both programs.
Here, take a closer look at the facts:
Claim: The Democrats closed the government because they want to provide free health care to immigrants who enter the US illegally.
Facts: This is wrong. Democrats say they pushed to be included Provisions of Basic Health Services In the next congress spending package. In particular, a prolongation of the tax loans used by millions of Americans to purchase insurance on the appropriate maintenance law Exchange and reversing the Medicaid cuts invoice Trump signed the law in July. However, immigrants in the United States are not suitable for any federal health program, including illegal maintenance laws and insurance provided through the appropriate maintenance law and Medicaid. Hospitals receive medicaid repayments – reduced A non -profit health policy research, Voting and News Authority KFF, according to Trump’s invoice – because they have to provide other medicoid compliance requirements for emergency maintenance, but have to provide to people who do not have an appropriate immigration status. These expenses announced Less than 1 % Total Medicaid expenditures between 2017 and 2023 financial years.
Sabrina Corlette, the founder and joint director of Georgetown University Health Insurance Reform Reforms Center, called the Republicans’ claims as “a flat lie”.
“The law is very clear, Cor Corlette said.
While talking in the oval office on Tuesday An agreement with Pfizer Trump, to reduce drug prices: “We will probably be a closing because one of the things they want to do is incredibly Medicare, Cadillac Medicare, they want to give to illegal immigrants.” “They want to come to our country to come to our country and to obtain a great health service at the expense of everyone,” he added.
Trump, who was asked to clarify what his interpretations mean by a reporter, said, “When an illegal person comes, a person who comes to our country illegally violated the law,” he said.
Other Republicans, including Vice President JD Vance And Home speaker Mike Johnsonmade similar claims.
Senate’s democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, These claims refuted“Lie, simple and simple,” he says to them.
The immigrants in the US are not suitable for illegal -priced maintenance law or insurance purchased for Medicaid. To be entitled For the latter, a registered person must live in the USA, must be a US citizen or have another legal status and should not be imprisoned. A medicaid endollee MEET Be a resident of the state where Medicaid is taken and has a qualified legal status.
Congress can throw health premiums for millions of Americans if many people do not extend the tax loans used to purchase insurance through affordable maintenance law markets. These subsidies were applied during the COVİD-19 pandemi, but the duration will be expired.
Among the Medicaid sections, the democrats are legally compulsory to those who will be entitled to Medicaid, even if they are not for immigration status, a decrease in repayments of hospitals when they do emergency care. This will affect 40 states and Washington, DC. accepted A Medicaid expansion created by the appropriate maintenance law.
The law signed by Trump would also restrict the legally existing immigrants such as refugees and Assees through the appropriate maintenance law, Medicaid and Medicare.
Some states use their own money, not federal funds to provide health care to immigrants without legal status. A previous version of Trump’s tax cuts and expenditure cuts Bill tried to block these programs, but the provisions did not turn into the final version.
KFF Health Policy Deputy Chairman Larry Levitt said, “It is a difficult speaking point to say that the democrats want to provide health care to non -documentary immigrants, but not in terms of the interruptions they are trying to reverse,” he said.
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