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Personal Medicaid data given to ICE for immigration enforcement
Health and Human Services' decision to hand over Medicaid data raises privacy concerns. Immigrants in most states are already ...
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HHS shares Medicaid enrollees' data for immigration enforcement
The federal health department is sharing Medicaid recipients' personal data with the Homeland Security Department, HHS ...
ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
A new agreement viewed by WIRED gives ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of ...
GOP cites Medicaid fraud nationwide. Here’s what Dems say about what’s happening in Connecticut
Promoting President Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending bill over the past few months, Trump and Congressional Republicans have repeatedly cited “waste, fraud, and abuse” as the reason for cutting ...
ICE granted unprecedented access to Medicaid database to help identify and deport illegal immigrants
Trump administration allows ICE to use Medicaid data for immigration enforcement as 20 states filed lawsuit claiming the ...
ICE is gaining access to trove of Medicaid records, adding new peril for immigrants
The plan is the latest step by the Trump administration to gather sensitive information about people living in the U.S. as it ...
US health department shares immigrants’ personal data with ICE to track and deport illegal migrants
The US Department of Health and Human Services is sharing Medicaid enrollee data with ICE to identify undocumented immigrants potentially receiving benefits. This move, impacting around 79 million ...
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As USDA begins gathering data on food stamp recipients, it widens its ask of states
The USDA updated its demand to states for food assistance applicants' data to include immigration status and information on ...
'That ends now:' White House vows removal of illegal immigrants from taxpayer benefits
The majority of the programs being made off-limits to undocumented immigrants are overseen by the Department of Health and ...
Trump’s Budget Bill Would Explode Funding for ICE. Top Democrats Aren’t Talking About It.
Democrats denounced the bill’s cuts to Medicaid and attempted to rebrand it as “One Big, Ugly Bill.” They didn’t mention its handouts to ICE.
DHS: 140,000 Minnesotans could lose health insurance under federal tax cut and spending package
Over the first four years, DHS expects the Medicaid changes to cost Minnesota and health care providers $1.4 billion in lost federal funding. Costs to enrollees are expected to rise, said John ...
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Budget reconciliation’s effect on New York’s Medicaid and Essential Plan funding
The budget reconciliation process resulting in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was enacted on July 4, 2025, contains many significant changes ...