Medicaid for Illegal Aliens Is ROBBING U.S. Taxpayers Blind

Most shutdowns in Washington are about numbers on a spreadsheet or spending caps. This one is different. The current shutdown, now entering its second week, comes down to a single question: should American taxpayers be forced to pay for Medicaid benefits for illegal immigrants?

Democrats have answered yes. Republicans have answered no.

At the center of the fight is a provision of the Big Beautiful Bill, passed earlier this year, which closed one of Medicaid’s most expensive and abused loopholes. For years, states billed the federal government for Medicaid services provided to illegal immigrants, even though federal law makes them ineligible for the program.