adding cost to paying for Medicaid for folks that are illegally in the country comes right out of these folks paychecks
Not supportedMark Baisley, at Colorado U.S. Senate General Election Debate (9NEWS)
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Why we checked itThis asserts that undocumented immigrants receive Medicaid benefits funded directly by worker paychecks — a specific policy claim that can be checked against federal Medicaid eligibility rules, which generally bar undocumented immigrants from receiving federal Medicaid.
What we foundThe claim contains two unsupported components: undocumented immigrants are largely ineligible for Medicaid (only a narrow Emergency Medicaid reimbursement to hospitals applies, representing less than 1% of Medicaid spending), and Medicaid costs do not come directly out of workers' paychecks via a dedicated tax, as Medicaid is funded from general government revenues with no dedicated payroll deduction.