The Trump administration has launched a Medicaid crackdown targeting more than $1 billion in federal funds it says were improperly used by Democrat-led states to provide healthcare for illegal immigrants, including some with violent criminal records.
The Biden administration is under fire after revelations that illegal aliens convicted of heinous crimes have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded Medicaid benefits.
The Trump administration has publicly confirmed that 49 illegal immigrants, many with serious criminal records, received Medicaid benefits in direct violation of federal law.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) sidestepped direct questions about illegal immigrants receiving Medicaid in his state during a Friday appearance on Fox News Channel’s Special Report. Pressed by host Bret Baier, Moore declined multiple opportunities to say whether he supports taxpayer-funded health care for those in the country illegally.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear criticized the Medicaid work requirements in President Donald Trump’s new tax and spending package during an interview Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press. Beshear called the requirements a “ruse,” accusing the administration of weaponizing red tape to slash coverage and harm vulnerable rural communities.
Thirty-four hospitals across 13 Nevada counties are bracing for nearly $232 million in losses as federal Medicaid reductions take effect under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The cuts follow the disenrollment of approximately 115,000 Nevadans from the state’s Medicaid program, a move Republicans say is aimed at reining in decades of explosive entitlement growth.
Governor Katie Hobbs signed a $17.6 billion bipartisan budget Friday, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown and marking another year of steady spending increases under her administration. The new fiscal package includes funding increases for K-12 education, Medicaid, border security, and public safety—features that align closely with Hobbs’ original proposal but reflect bipartisan compromises with a Republican-led legislature.
On Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press, Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) called for sweeping reform of the Medicaid program, citing stark disparities in enrollment versus poverty levels. “We are cutting the waste, fraud and abuse, and I want to use the word abuse,” Mullin said. “There’s 35 million people that live under the poverty line inside the United States, yet 70 million on Medicaid — it is unsustainable.”
The House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes a controversial provision that could punish fiscally conservative red states while rewarding big-spending blue states such as California and New York. The bill proposes a freeze on healthcare provider taxes—fees levied on hospitals and nursing facilities to fund Medicaid—which could hinder states that have exercised tax restraint.
