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The role of Emergency Medicaid in reimbursing hospitals for emergency services provided to undocumented immigrants
No reliable, aggregated number appears in the reporting provided for “how many illegal (undocumented) immigrants are receiving in the 14 states that allow it,” because federal data do not track immigr...
Federal law and official SNAP guidance make one clear legal point: undocumented noncitizens are not eligible to receive federal SNAP benefits, though U.S. citizen and certain lawfully present househol...
Federal eligibility for public benefits is governed by a layered statutory regime that generally limits most federal programs to U.S. citizens and a narrower class of “qualified” noncitizens; unauthor...
for undocumented immigrants reduce hospitals’ uncompensated emergency care by shifting routine deliveries and other acute but stabilizing services from charity to paid coverage in states that adopt th...
As of the latest state-level surveys and legal trackers, a cohort of states and Washington, D.C. have created fully state‑funded programs that provide Medicaid‑like or full‑scope coverage to some or a...
Six states have used state funds to provide Medicaid or Medicaid‑like coverage to at least some undocumented adults, but the specific programs, enrollment windows, and benefits vary widely and several...
State-funded immigrant coverage programs tend to reduce hospital uncompensated care by bringing previously uninsured patients into regular payment streams or state-funded reimbursement programs, but t...