Great News! The Ban on Medicaid for Illegals Is in the Bill

The ban on Medicaid was NOT stripped from the bill. The 1.4 million people on it who are here illegally are removed from Medicaid. Senator Eric Schmitt explained in a series of Xeets that it was a rumor. The only thing cut was a “messaging amendment” to force Democrats to vote against it. It exposed them as wanting to fund Medicaid for illegal aliens who commit heinous crimes.

There were a number of those “messaging amendments” to expose the radicalism of Democrats.

The provision is actually better than we thought. The 1.4 million who are on Medicaid in blue states will have to pay for them by themselves and it’s a great deal of money. Many of these blue states already have serious financial problems.

The messaging amendment was stripped out, not the ban.

Senator Schmitt’s Xeets:

Yesterday, there were a lot of rumors floating around about the ban on Medicaid for illegal aliens being stripped from the bill.

Thankfully, that’s not true. It’s very much in the bill we just passed.

You can look it up: Page 602. Section 77109.

Here’s where the rumor came from: During yesterday’s vote-a-rama, an amendment banning Medicaid for illegal immigrants was voted down.

The clip of that vote started circulating online—and folks took that to mean that the provision had been stripped from the bill altogether.

But that was just one of many “messaging amendments,” designed to force Democrats to vote against specific provisions—in this case, a ban on some Medicaid funding for illegal aliens who commit heinous crimes—on the record.

It was meant to show the public how radical they are.

The ban itself was ALREADY in the bill. It was never taken out.

And it wasn’t just a ban on some Medicaid for illegal immigrants who commit heinous crimes—it applies to ALL Medicaid for ALL illegal immigrants. (And most noncitizens generally).

The bill we passed actually goes much further—beyond banning Medicaid for 1.4 million illegal aliens, it:

• Requires states to verify citizenship status before providing coverage
• Bans automatic Medicaid enrollment for children of illegal aliens
• Excludes DACA from Medicaid

According to the Congressional Budget Office, roughly 1.4 million illegal immigrants are currently on Medicaid, despite the fact that they don’t meet federal enrollment requirements—because blue states have expanded their (federally funded) Medicaid programs to include them.

We’re not talking about a few bucks here and there. This could cost blue states tens of billions of dollars.

They could face financial collapse:

A lot of these states have serious budget problems already. They’re going to have to choose between their addiction to mass migration and averting financial collapse.

That means blue states are left with a choice: Either send your illegal immigrants home, or you’re going to be paying their bills yourself.

It’s easy when you’re doing it on the American taxpayer’s dime. It’s a lot tougher when it’s all coming from your own constituents.

So to reiterate: The “ban Medicaid for illegal immigrants” amendment failed because it didn’t reach the 60-vote threshold—but the original ban was already in the bill.

The bill that the Senate just passed.

A massive victory for America First.