• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    16 hours ago

    are immigrants even eligible to use medi-caid. im pretty sure its mostly low-income people,plus elderly, or indigeneous americans.

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      By law, federal Medicaid money cannot be used to cover people who are in the country illegally. But in recent years, nearly half of states, including some led by Republicans, have chosen to use their own Medicaid money to extend coverage to certain groups of people, such as children and pregnant women, regardless of immigration status.

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      enables them to target relatives of beneficiaries, who may not be citizens themselves

      cruelty is the point