Medicare Paid $9.3 Million in Benefits to Illegal Immigrants
Agency paid out over 14,500 claims to nearly 500 illegal immigrants
BY: Ali Meyer
October 4, 2016 12:32 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services paid $9.3 million in benefits to illegal immigrants in 2013 and 2014, according to an audit from the agency’s inspector general.
“Medicare benefits are generally allowable when rendered to a beneficiary whom the Social Security Administration has determined to be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national,” the audit explains. “Medicare does not pay for services rendered to beneficiaries who are unlawfully present on the date of service.”
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