Sean Moran 11 Feb 2025
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would protect Medicaid to ensure that the entitlement program can only be used by Americans, not illegal aliens.
“Providing taxpayer-funded Medicaid to illegal immigrants is against the law and further incentivizes more illegal crossings at our border. Worse, it hurts elderly, disabled, and vulnerable Americans who depend on the program,” Hudson, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, told Breitbart News in a written statement.
Hudson continued, “We must stop liberal states from forcing American taxpayers to foot the bill for illegals’ healthcare costs and ensure we are taking care of our citizens.”
Hudson introduced the Protect Medicaid Act, a bill that would clarify the federal statute to ensure federal funds cannot be used by states to implement Medicaid coverage for illegal aliens.
The Tar Heel State conservative introduced the bill as many Democrat states have moved to expand Medicaid coverage to cover illegal aliens by exploiting loopholes in the system using federal funds.
Medicaid’s statute currently bars the use of federal funds provide Medicaid care to illegal aliens; however, some states can exploit a loophole by using federal funds to administer and implement benefit status for illegal aliens while using state dollars to pay for the benefits.
Medicaid is a joint federal-sate program that uses both federal and state funds to cover eligible low-income Americans.
In late 2023, California expanded Medi-Cal, its Medicaid program, to accept all illegal aliens regardless of age.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is cosponsoring the bill and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is leading the Senate version of the bill.
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