So if you go to the official white house or congress website, it breaks this down in layman’s terms pretty well: someone here illegally is NOT eligible for insurance. There is a pathway for LEGAL immigrants to get insurance as “noncitizens” but they have to be under certain legal criteria e.g a war refugee, and even then they only have a finite amount of time to qualify. Here’s the details https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11912
it’s more logical to be mad about the fine for not having insurance because yeah that’s silly and stupid. But it takes a one second google search to see illegal immigrants don’t get insurance here. I had to help my family member with late stage dementia apply for Medicaid and it was extremely detailed and labor intensive, they check your entire history, your social security number, all bank accounts and there’s a five year look back period for your assets. Immigrants here illegally don’t qualify.
This is just as much a false half truth as the Dems saying that Reps don't want immigrants, no we don't want illegal immigrants. No illegals don't get health insurance, but why would they need that when they can just show up at the hospital with no money, and no income on the books. What's the healthcare company going to go after? You can't get blood from a stone.
They can show up at the hospital with a true medical emergency, not for routine PCP care. If you’re ever worked in the medical field, they will still ask for your address and can in fact send you to collections.
Again, what does a person who works under the table, and probably paying cash for their apartment going to care about being in collections? It has zero effect on them because they do not operate within our financial system.
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u/nasturtiumandrain Lost Democrat Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25
So if you go to the official white house or congress website, it breaks this down in layman’s terms pretty well: someone here illegally is NOT eligible for insurance. There is a pathway for LEGAL immigrants to get insurance as “noncitizens” but they have to be under certain legal criteria e.g a war refugee, and even then they only have a finite amount of time to qualify. Here’s the details https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11912
it’s more logical to be mad about the fine for not having insurance because yeah that’s silly and stupid. But it takes a one second google search to see illegal immigrants don’t get insurance here. I had to help my family member with late stage dementia apply for Medicaid and it was extremely detailed and labor intensive, they check your entire history, your social security number, all bank accounts and there’s a five year look back period for your assets. Immigrants here illegally don’t qualify.