The Medicaid program, originally designed as a safety net for the most vulnerable Americans, has ballooned into the largest public-welfare program in the United States, costing American taxpayers more than $825 billion annually. Alarmingly, its improper payment rate exceeds 15 percent, representing approximately $100 billion in misspending each year. With 80 million people on Medicaid and CHIP — approximately one in four Americans — the program is already strained to its breaking point. Nationally, the U.S. has fewer than two American taxpayers supporting each Medicaid recipient, a precarious ratio that highlights how unsustainable this system has become.
The Biden-Harris administration’s leniency toward illegal immigrants gaining access to Medicaid and public assistance will only make this worse. A recent Fox News op-ed by Hayden Dublois of the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) reveals that millions of illegal immigrants have been given an on-ramp to Medicaid through a series of administrative loopholes, and weakened eligibility verification.
