Karoline Leavitt Turns Tables On Reporter Trying To Claim No Illegal Immigrant Has Received Medicaid Coverage

The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded on Friday against a journalist who suggested that illegal immigrants do not receive health coverage funded by taxpayers.

Democrats claimed to have voted for the closure on Wednesday for their requests to extend tax credits to affordable care law, although the Republicans argued that Democrats really wanted to distribute Medicaid services to illegal immigrants. Leavitt said that Democrats’ counter-proposition to the continuous resolution of Republicans (CR) would force Medicaid to pay more for the medical care of illegal immigrants.

“Do you deny that Midicaid money has never gone to illegal foreigners in the United States of America? … [The Democrats] In placed a provision to cancel a provision in the tax reduction of workers’ families, the only big and beautiful bill, which ended the benefits funded by taxpayers for illegal foreigners, “said Leavitt.” The Democratic proposal would oblige Medicaid to pay more to provide care for illegal foreigners than Medicaid that Medicaid does for American patients who are disabled or elderly or children. And this bill would also have enabled California to continue a gadget that finances Medicaid for illegal programs. These are the things we have finished, the Trump administration ended with the adoption of the only big and beautiful bill. »» (Related: “Flat bond!”: Elizabeth Warren is unleashed to the host of CBS News confront him to give non-citizen health care)

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Leavitt added that Medicaid spending on illegal immigrants have almost tripled in the Biden administration, when illegal border crossings also reached record heights exceeding 2 and 3 million meetings in a single exercise. Medicaid costs for the emergency care of illegal immigrants increased by 142% during the year 2024.

“And it is an undisputed fact, a fact, that by virtue of the Biden administration, illegal foreigners received absolutely health benefits funded by taxpayers. In fact, during the year 2024, Medicaid costs for emergency services for illegal immigrants have gone bankrupt by 142% of the previous year at $ 9.1 billion,” continued Leavitt. “This represents $ 9.1 billion dollars of taxpayers who went to emergency services for illegals. Between President Trump, the last full financial year of his first administration and the last full financial year of Joe Biden, Medicaid spending on emergency services for illegal immigrants have almost tripled. There was a 196% increase between 2020 and 2024. ”

In 2023, healthcare professionals in southern California reported that the health system had been “bombed” with illegal immigrants and made longer wait patients. Denver Health CEO Donna said that 8,000 illegal immigrants had made 20,000 health visits in 2023, which made the city health services experience more than $ 10 million in unpaid medical services.

“So when an illegal foreigner goes to the emergency room, who pays for this? The American taxpayer,” said Leavitt.

The counter-proposition aims to repeal the title VII of the “Grand and Beautiful Bill”, section B, which concerns health insurance and efforts to slow down waste, fraud and abuse in the system, including the restriction of “admissibility abroad Medicaid” in the dry. 71109, according to article 2141 of the CR proposed by the Democrats.

Chamber’s president Mike Johnson said on Thursday that Democrats’ counter-proposition would make taxpayers spending $ 200 billion in illegal and other non-citizens. He also declared that the Democrats wanted to repeal a reform led by the Republicans on the gap of California which allows Medicaid funded by taxpayers of illegal immigrants.

California, Illinois and Minnesota have all expanded their state health coverage to include illegal immigrants, which has made that each state experience massive financial strains. California burned $ 8.5 billion on the health care of immigrants in 2024, while Illinois had to spend about $ 800 million a year.

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