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Medicaid eligibility for undocumented immigrants

Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for Medicaid and other federal health programs, with some exceptions, and states have discretion to extend broader coverage

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Which states provide state‑funded Medicaid or Medicaid‑like programs to undocumented adults and children?

A growing minority of states now use only state dollars to provide to undocumented immigrants: most sources identify seven states plus that have extended state‑funded coverage to some undocumented adu...