Can Illegal Aliens Present in the USA Get Publicly Paid-for Health Care?
Yes, They Can!
It’s one of those issues that The Left and their close allies, the Democrats/RINOs/The Deep State dance around.
Can an Illegal Alien (someone who is present in the USA, either having crossed the border without permission - a Visa, or who entered legally as a temporary visitor, and overstayed their Visa) get taxpayer provided health care?
Short Answer: Yes.
Because to deny them the taxpayers’ largess would be mean and unfair.
DHS - the Department of Human Services - reversed the 2019 rule that kept aliens from getting access to the money flow, by making such use of taxpayer provided services an act that would jeopardize their immigration status (thereby making them ineligible for a legal residency permit, and potentially identifying them as deportable).
Never mind that many of the border communities are in danger of their CITIZENS losing access to health care, because the aliens are taking up space in the ERs. It’s not just an urban myth - hospitals in some of those vulnerable communities have closed under financial pressure.
The new rule (from the link above):
The final rule applies to noncitizens requesting admission to the U.S. or applying for lawful permanent residence (a “green card”) from within the U.S. When assessing whether a noncitizen is “likely to become primarily dependent on the government for subsistence,” DHS will not penalize individuals who choose to access the vast majority of health-related benefits and other supplemental government services available to them, including most Medicaid benefits (except for long-term institutionalization – such as residing in nursing home – at government expense) and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). DHS will also not consider non-cash benefits provided by other government agencies including food and nutrition assistance such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); disaster assistance received under the Stafford Act; pandemic assistance; benefits received via a tax credit or deduction; and government pensions or other earned benefits. Receipt of cash-based benefits, such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and other similar programs, will not automatically exclude an individual from admission or green card eligibility, and will instead be considered in a “totality of the circumstances” analysis.
In other words, Welcome! Don’t be afraid to push aside those nasty little Trump voters and other trash! The law here isn’t what The Law SAYS, it’s what The People Who Really MEAN Something SAY it is.
Say - that’s just like the home you people rushed away from, isn’t it? Why, you should feel right comfortable here, then!
Here is the list of “Eligible People”:
Individual with valid nonimmigrant status (includes worker visas (e.g., H1, H-2A, H-2B), student visas, U-visa, T-visa, and other visas, and citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau
Aliens whose visa petitions have been approved and who have a pending application for adjustment of status Individuals granted employment authorization
Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Paroled into the United States
Deferred Action Status (Exception: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [DACA] are not considered lawfully present)
Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)
A child who has a pending application for Special Immigrant Juvenile status - and, unlike US citizens, the age of that “child” will not be looked at closely
Granted relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT)
Lawful Temporary Resident
Family Unity beneficiaries
All of the Medicaid-eligible statuses listed below
Medicaid eligible status (if 5-year bar is met)
Medicaid eligible status (5-year bar does not apply)**
Lawful permanent resident (LPR/Green Card holder)
Conditional Entrant
Paroled into the United States for 1 year or more
Battered spouse, child, or parent who has a pending or approved petition with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Trafficking survivors and their spouses, children, siblings, or parents
Lawful Permanent Residents who adjusted from a status exempt from the 5-year bar
Veterans or active duty military, and their spouses or unmarried dependents who also have a “qualified non-citizen” status
Refugee
Asylee
Cuban/Haitian Entrants
Granted Withholding of Deportation or Withholding of Removal
Member of a Federally-recognized Indian tribe or American Indian Born in Canada
Certain Amerasian Immigrants
Folks, this will be the end of the taxpayer-provided benefits. It is already too expensive, and this will kill these programs. States will go along, as otherwise, THEY will have to pick up the cost. By agreeing, they will get part of the cost picked up at the Federal level.
Those groups above will still not be able to get the subsidies; the prohibition was hard-wired into the bill.
But, never fear - this tearing up of the formerly enforced rules amounts to the same thing - or, even BETTER! Almost all of the released Illegal Alien Invaders will qualify (or “Qualify”) for the programs that won’t require them to be legal residents/citizens, or to pay for their own care.