Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, attends the House Energy and Commerce Committee markup of the budget resolution on Tuesday.Photo by: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images
The Trump administration is praising House Republicans for protecting Americans’ Medicaid access by removing noncitizens from the program.
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“President Trump and Republicans are protecting Medicaid—and that starts with kicking 1.4 million illegal immigrants off the program to prioritize the Americans who need it,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement to The Daily Signal.
The markup removes “people without verified citizenship, nationality, or satisfactory immigration status who would be covered in state-only funded programs under current law.” That’s estimated to be 1.4 million by 2034.
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Democrats have accused Republicans of cutting Medicaid for Americans, failing to note that Republicans are actually cutting coverage for illegal immigrants.
“Republicans are rushing the markup and hoping to pass the bill in the middle of the night because they don’t want people to realize what’s in it, or how many Americans are going to lose their health care as a result,” a spokesperson for Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats said in a statement.
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Republicans are not kicking 13.7 million Americans off Medicaid, but strengthening the program for those who need it, said Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga.
“We’re making sure no illegals are going to be in the program. We are making sure people aren’t registered in more than one state,” he said. “We’re making sure there are going to be work requirements.”
“We are stabilizing this program,” Carter continued. “To fear-monger that we’re trying to kick people off is simply untrue.”
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https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/14/white-house-praises-house-panel-for-booting-illegals-off-medicaid/amp/