New data shared by the Department of Homeland Security shows ambulance costs rising at an alarming rate in the Golden State due to taxpayer-funded health services for illegal immigrants.
The data shows the cost of taxpayer-funded ambulance transport potentially rising by 383%.
“President Trump consistently promised to protect Medicaid for eligible beneficiaries,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital. “To keep that promise after Joe Biden flooded our country with tens of millions of illegal aliens, CMS and DHS are exploring an initiative to ensure that illegal aliens are not receiving Medicaid benefits that are meant for law-abiding Americans.”
“California should understand this principle pretty well by now, since they had to announce they were freezing Medi-Cal enrollment for illegal immigrants earlier this year,” McLaughlin added.
From Fox News:
DHS and the White House have both been critical of illegal migrants receiving healthcare benefits, mainly through emergency services. The topic served as the center of discourse that contributed to the recent government shutdown.
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In May, Newsom announced a plan to freeze new Medi-Cal enrollment for illegal migrants beginning in 2026.
The California governor subsequently announced his intention to charge illegal migrants who are already enrolled in the program a premium beginning in July 2027.
The far-left state assembly debated some of these measures, but it ultimately passed a budget that reflects Newsom’s changes to Medicaid for undocumented adult Medi-Cal recipients. The California governor originally wanted $100 a month for illegal migrants receiving benefits, but Democrat-led assembly members lowered the premium to just $30.
Undocumented adults who are not yet enrolled in Medi-Cal will not be eligible beginning in 2026.
With illegal migrants mainly receiving Medicaid through emergency services, one area that specifically costs taxpayers is ambulance transportation.
Since 2022, the cost of taxpayer-funded ambulances has risen from $339 per transport to $1,168 per transport in 2024 in the Golden State, according to data collected by the California Department of Health Care Services.
The state of California has submitted two requests to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that, if approved, would increase ambulance transportation to $1,597 in 2025 and $1,637 in 2026, a roughly 382% increase.
More over at Fox News:
DHS BLASTS NEWSOM: Department of Homeland Security slams California governor over taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants as ambulance costs could surge 383% — from $339 to $1,637 per transport by 2026.https://t.co/RPzypv95ql
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