Posted on 05/17/2023 8:22:09 PM PDT by House Atreides
Illinois is forecasting that its program to provide healthcare to undocumented immigrants will cost the state $1 billion in 2024 – far more than the $2 million that Illinoisans were promised it would cost at the program’s inception, according to Wirepoints.
In May 2020, Illinois became the first state to offer Medicaid for undocumented immigrants over the age of 65. Now-Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, then an Illinois state representative, sponsored the bill, and claimed the program would cost just $2 million per year. Unfortunately, this estimate was completely uninformed, with the program exceeding that in its first month.
At the time, she said the coverage will save the state money in the long run, and the cost of $2 million, “is nothing to a $2 billion Medicaid bill,” The State Journal-Register reported.
Since then, the program has grown to include people as young as 42, causing enrollment and costs to balloon. A closed door presentation to IL lawmakers (that has since been made public) reveals that the total cost of this program in 2024 is projected to be $990 million. Enrollments have far exceeded expectations — 51,914 compared to the estimated 33,500 in 2023, or 55% more.
“No portion of that cost is reimbursable by the federal government,” Wirepoints reported.
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I feel sorry for the many good people in Illinois being sucked down the toilet by the DemocRATS ruling over Illinois.
Math is so hard!
Look, we’re not all as bright as other people. You do have to
ask yourself how Democrats justify their actions, when they
vote in people who go along with this stuff.
Don’t they think the state has better things to spend this
money on that foreign nationals?
We control (or should) our borders for very good reasons.
This is only one of them.
Which of our adversaries are having to deal with this
level of treachery? Western Europe is having to deal
with it, but no one is having to deal with it on the
level we are. (I don’t believe...)
Crime, health, education, housing, welfare, social
security... it’s all a big hit on our resources.
Who can’t see that? Maybe we should tell them we’re going
to do away with Welfare to fund all the freebies.
That should open a few eyes.
“We forecast $2 million. Oops, it’s actual 50 times higher. So sorry....Hey! Wait! Don’t move to Texas. The bugs are huge and the heat is a killer.”
“none of this boondoggle is reimbursable by the federal government.”
How long do you think that will last?
Right you are. My mental math skills are atrophying. Ugh.
Why pay for medical stuff for citizens of OTHER countries?
That is so stupid!
Meanwhile, from Upstate NY...
In most countries, the invaders are shot crossing the border. I guess these people never heard of WWII or saw Americans fighting on foreign soil protecting other countries from invading hordes? Instead, we invite illegal activity on our own borders.
I like the cutting welfare to fund the illegals if it will open the eyes of a lot of people. Problem is, the welfare queens won’t blame the illegals, they’ll blame the Republicans.
Medicaid emergency spending for illegal migrants doubles in one year to $7 billion: GOP House
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