Statement·other·said 2025-06-08
“Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.”
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Mixedby PolitiFact
2025-06-22Reasoning
Federal Medicaid funds are not used to enroll undocumented immigrants in New York — that group is covered by state-only funds. The population gap is ~3.4M, not 4M, and the actual Medicaid funding gap is closer to $38B, not $20B. Most ACA Medicaid expansion enrollees do have chronic conditions.
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