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Impact of expanding Medicaid to undocumented immigrants

Expanding Medicaid to undocumented immigrants could improve coverage and population health outcomes, but entails state fiscal impacts and political tradeoffs

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Jan 14, 2026
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Which U.S. states currently fund health coverage for undocumented immigrants and what are the eligibility rules?

Fourteen states plus Washington, D.C. have at some point used state-only funds or state programs to provide public health coverage to people with “unsatisfactory immigration status” (including undocum...

Jan 25, 2026
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How do state-only Medicaid expansions for undocumented immigrants affect emergency Medicaid spending and hospital uncompensated care?

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...

Jan 5, 2026

How do state Medicaid expansion decisions affect access to coverage for adults near 138% FPL in 2026?

State decisions on Medicaid expansion continue to be the single biggest determinant of whether adults around 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL) have direct access to Medicaid in 2026: in expansio...

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