In a controversial audit report released by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, it was revealed that the state of California allegedly misappropriated significant amounts of federal Medicaid funding by providing services to health to illegal immigrants. The audit, conducted last month, criticized California's Medicaid program for using an inadequate methodology to assess reimbursements for services provided to noncitizens who do not qualify for full Medicaid coverage.
According to the Inspector General's findings, California's Medicaid program expanded coverage beyond standard Medicaid benefits to undocumented individuals. The report highlighted that California inaccurately claimed approximately $52.7 million in federal Medicaid reimbursements by continuing to use outdated proxy percentages without ensuring that those numbers accurately reflected the costs associated with provision of non-urgent services to non-citizens under managed care.
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As part of the recommendations to rectify the situation, the Office of Inspector General suggested that California reimburse the wrongly claimed reimbursement amount to the federal government. While acknowledging the challenges California may face in recalculating the proxy percentage, the OIG emphasized the importance of addressing this issue through a manual reimbursement process.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, D-Tennessee, pointed to a significant increase in emergency Medicaid spending for illegal immigrants, seeing a drastic increase of roughly $3 billion a year fiscal 2020 to exceed $7 billion in fiscal 2021. This alarming increase raises concerns about the allocation of taxpayer resources to unauthorized individuals.
Adding another layer to the ongoing health care controversy, the Biden regime introduced a new rule that allowed thousands of illegal immigrants to access health care services through ObamaCare. The rule effectively removes a ban that prohibits illegal immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from using the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. The controversial measure, which could go into effect Nov. 1, is estimated to grant health insurance coverage to an estimated 100,000 uninsured illegal immigrants, who can apply for coverage through Healthcare.org and state marketplaces.
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white house data sheetBiden-Harris administration expands health coverage to DACA recipients:
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is expanding access to affordable, quality health care coverage for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. In 2012, President Obama and then-Vice President Biden created the DACA policy to transform the lives of eligible Dreamers, young people who came to this country as children, allowing them to live and work legally in our country. Over the past decade, DACA has brought stability, possibility and progress to hundreds of thousands of Dreamers.
While President Biden continues to call on Congress to provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers and others, he is committed to protecting and preserving DACA and providing Dreamers the opportunities and support they need to succeed, including access to affordable and quality healthcare coverage. Thanks to actions by the Biden-Harris Administration, today's final rule will for the first time eliminate the eligibility ban for DACA recipients for Affordable Care Act coverage and is expected to help more 100,000 young people to obtain health insurance. Starting in November, DACA recipients can apply for coverage through HealthCare.gov and state marketplaces, where they can choose to get financial assistance to help them buy quality health insurance. Four out of five consumers have found a plan for less than $10 a month, with millions saving an average of about $800 a year on their premiums.
President Biden and Vice President Harris believe that health care should be a right, not a privilege. Together, they pledged to protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, lowering costs and expanding coverage so that all Americans have the peace of mind that health insurance provides. Today's final rule fulfills the President's commitment to give DACA recipients equal peace and opportunity.
Today's rule also reinforces the President's lasting commitment to DACA recipients and Dreamers, who contribute every day to the strength and vitality of our communities and our country. On the first day of his administration, President Biden pledged to preserve and strengthen the DACA policy. While only Congress can provide Dreamers with permanent status and a path to citizenship, the Biden-Harris Administration has continued to vigorously defend DACA against ongoing legal challenges and strengthened DACA by codifying policy of 2012 in a final rule.
The audit's revelations and subsequent policy changes continue to fuel debates about health care allocations, immigration policies and the use of federal funds in services for undocumented people.
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