Bummer: Medicaid Cuts Strip Foreigners Of Health Coverage

Funny how we hear that people just want to come to the US for a better life and make money, yet, they all seem to be on government programs

Trump’s Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage

New restrictions have stripped Medicaid coverage from certain legal immigrants, including refugees and victims of human trafficking, as part of broader federal changes to the health insurance program that are expected to force millions off their coverage.

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The change effective Oct. 1 cut from Medicaid what is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of people who legally immigrated to the United States, many of whom work and pay taxes, in the latest Trump administration policy to target foreigners. (snip)

Advocates say that without Medicaid, people will not be able to afford private insurance and will either delay care or end up in emergency rooms, adding pressure to a strained health system. For immigrants, the cuts could be felt more acutely, compounding the effects of other administration efforts to restrict their access to public assistance as part of a broader immigration crackdown.

Well, hey, they could go back to their own home countries.

“This is about telling every immigrant in the United States that they are not welcome here and that they should leave,” said Ben D’Avanzo, a senior strategist at the National Immigration Law Center, which has pursued litigation against the Republican administration over its immigration agenda.

Refugees, asylum seekers, victims of human trafficking and domestic violence are among those who have lost coverage. Green-card holders were not impacted.

Those “asylum seekers” are mostly illegal aliens who won’t end up qualifying for asylum. And the rest simply make claims to try and stay. And green card holders should really have to pay for themselves. Dumb enough we have “permanent residents”, but, they shouldn’t receive government benefits like this.

Lauren Bis, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement that “immigrants must be able to support themselves without taking from overburdened benefits programs paid for by hard-working American taxpayers.”

Anyone on a visa or applying for citizenship are required to be able to pay for themselves, so, why not all the rest? Better yet, go elsewhere. The rest of the article is just a sniffles article.