The Republican Party is false to the closure of the alleged motive for Democrats to give all health care immigrants

“Democrats threaten the closure of the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of health care to illegal foreigners.”

Vice President JD Vance on September 28, 2025, Fox News interview

While the United States went to close the government, the Republicans have repeatedly accused the Democrats of forcing them to close because they want to give health care to immigrants in the United States illegally.

“Democrats threaten the closure of the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of health care advantages to illegal foreigners,” Vice President JD Vance He said September 28 On “Fox News Sunday.”

president Donald Trump, Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican members of Congress repeated this line.

This is a mistake.

Democrats refused to vote in favor of Republicans ’decision to extend the deadline for federal spending, and their location is partially dependent on health care spending. Democrats want to expand the lawsuit of the Welfare Law at reasonable prices in the era of the epidemic, which is scheduled to end at the end of the year and Medicaid discounts in the Tax and spending bill signed in the law this summer.

the Democratic proposal Health care will not be given to migrants who lack the legal status; This population is largely not qualified for health care of the federal government. Instead, the suggestion will re -reach some health care programs for current migrants who will lose access under Republican law.

The White House did not respond to Politifact’s request to comment on this fact. Vans Cash From his talk point in another interview by saying it was included in the proposal of spending for the Democrats. it’s not.

A White House account x The screenshots of the democratic proposal that canceled a section of the Republican Law called the “MEDICAID Evision”. It is important to know that these changes will not allow Medicaid access to migrants who lack the legal situation.

Vans defended his statement again at the White House on October 1 press conferenceFormer President Joe Biden said “abdication of the illegal immigration situation” that helped migrants reach federal assistance. It is important to note that many people Grant the legal status Through the human conditional release or temporary protected status programs, do not automatically qualify to get Medicaid; TPS receivers are not eligibleAnd many people who have entered the United States are required to have a five -year -old and a long -year.

The Trump administration has ended the human conditional release and the temporary protected situation of many people, making it inaccurate to obtain Medicaid plans and health plans in the market of care law at reasonable prices.

We did not find evidence that Democrats want to spend “hundreds of billions” in the costs of securing immigrants with illegal existence.

Immigrants who lack the legal situation are already unqualified

Most of the dollar of federal health care cannot be spent on health care for people in the United States who lack the legal situation. They cannot register in Medicaid or Medicare, and they are Not eligible to purchase healthcare coverage Through the market of care law at reasonable prices. The small Medicaid program pays hospitals to obtain the uninterrupted emergency care, which can include migrants in the country without permission, but it is not exclusive to them.

States such as California and Ilinoy Extensive medicaid coverage For people, regardless of their migration situation, the countries pay for that. Federal law has already banned states of using federal funds for these programs. and A previous version Among the Republican spending law would punish such countries by blocking financing, but this ruling did not last.

People in the country without the permission of some health care of the federal government may receive in emergency situations; In these situations, hospitals must provide care even if the person is not insured or illegally in the country. The student’s emergency covers hospital care for immigrants who will be qualified to obtain medicaid if not for their immigration. Republican tax and spending law Reduce the amount Hospitals can receive sponsorship of immigrants in emergency situations.

Most emergency medical spending is used on birth. In general, it represents Less than 1 % Of the total spending on medical aid in the fiscal year 2023, according to KFF, a non -profit health information that includes KFF Health News.

The Republican Care Care Party for immigrants with legal status

Republican Tax and spending law made many changes to health care eligibility for immigrants living in the country, with permission. It is expected that an estimated 1.4 million legal immigrants will lose their health insurance, according to KFF analysis to Congress Budget Office Expectations.

Starting in October 2026, the law will restrict Medicaid and the health insurance program for children to permanently permanent population, or persons from the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, or Palo who are legally residing in the United States under An International agreementAnd sure Cubans and Haitians.

Previously, a wide range, described as “Not eligible citizens“It was eligible to obtain the Medicaid program and the health insurance program for children with relevant, known as Chip, including refugees and people granted.

Some qualified immigrants to get Medicaid and Chip, such as the permanent legal population, are Wanted to wait five years Before reaching the benefits.

The law is also limited to the eligibility of the care market at reasonable prices for the same group eligible to obtain Medicaid and Chip starting from January 1, 2027.Legally“It was eligible. This group included” unqualified employees “qualified to obtain medicaid and people with short -term situations, such as temporary protected situation or international students.

The beneficiaries of the postponed work program to reach childhood, known as DACA, for immigrants who entered the United States without permission as previously qualified children to cover and support the care law coverage and support it. They have not qualified since a Trump management base I entered August.

Democrats’s proposal will restore the arrival of legal immigrants

Democrats September 17 budget proposal It will, partially, Permanently extend The lawsuit of the sponsorship law at reasonable prices and the decline in billions of dollars in the republican discounts to Medicaid and other health programs.

Change will make the medical care law covered and complex available to all legal immigrants who were previously qualified, such as refugees and people granted asylum.

The civil democratic proposal will not expand the healthcare programs funded by the federal government of immigrants who lack the legal situation.

Vans said that democratic policies “will give hundreds of billions of dollars in health care to illegal foreigners,” and the White House has not provided its source for this number. When Johnson It was pressed to support a similar point of discussionHe referred to the Congress Budget Office. KFF analysis from CBO estimates I found that the provisions of Republican Law related to legal immigrants will reduce federal spending by $ 131 billion; This projection did not include an estimate of people who have no legal status.

Our rule

“Democrats threaten the closure of the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars in the advantages of health care to illegal foreigners,” Vans said.

Migrants in the United States are largely unlawful for the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs, and they cannot request coverage in the market of sponsorship at reasonable prices or apply for benefits.

The proposal of the budget of Democrats will not change this.

Democrats want to restore access to some health care programs for legal immigrants who will lose access under the Republican Tax and spending law – among other measures aimed at developing insurance plans from reasonable -cost care law.

Their proposal will not give the advantages of federal support to people in the United States illegally, because they were unable to reach them in the first place. The small amount of funding for Medicaid in emergency situations pays hospitals that provide emergency care for migrants who will be eligible to obtain medicaid if not for the immigration state. Finally, we did not find evidence that Vans assert that Democrats want “hundreds of billions” in the health advantages of migrants illegally.

We evaluate the statement wrong.

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