Medicaid

People without lawful immigration status are ineligible for federal programs such as SNAP, the Health Insurance Marketplace, and Medicaid.

About 24 million people who do not have health insurance through an employer or a public program such as Medicaid use the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace to buy health plans.

Medicaid, a joint federal-state health program, serves nearly one in four rural Americans.

States face nearly $1 trillion in projected Medicaid spending reductions over the decade following 2025.

In 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed rules that would prohibit federal Medicaid reimbursement for gender-affirming medical care for patients under age 18, prohibit Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) reimbursement for patients under age 19, and block Medicaid and Medicare funding for services at hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care.

In 2025, about 24 million people who did not have employer-sponsored insurance or Medicaid used the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces to purchase health insurance.

U.S. Medicaid has a statutory "best price" protection that requires Medicaid to receive the lowest price charged to any U.S. commercial payer.

Medicaid beneficiaries typically do not pay out-of-pocket for their prescription medications.

Most-favored-nation pricing for drugs sold to Medicaid links Medicaid reimbursement prices to the lower prices paid for the same drugs in other developed countries.

Medicaid and Medicaid beneficiaries generally pay some of the lowest prices for prescription drugs in the United States compared with other payer types.

About 24 million Americans who do not have job-based or public insurance, such as Medicaid, rely on Affordable Care Act marketplaces to purchase health coverage.

People who are in the United States illegally are generally ineligible to enroll in Medicaid or Medicare and are not eligible to purchase health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace.

Hospitals are legally required to provide emergency medical treatment regardless of a patient's ability to pay or immigration status, and Emergency Medicaid can reimburse hospitals for emergency care provided to immigrants who would have been eligible for Medicaid if not for their immigration status.

Federal emergency payments for emergency care, including Emergency Medicaid reimbursements, constitute less than 1% of total Medicaid spending.

As of 2025, about 24 million people who do not have employer-based insurance or coverage through public programs such as Medicaid use the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces to buy health plans.

Medicaid is a government health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities and is funded jointly by state and federal governments.

Medicaid spending is typically one of the largest components of U.S. state budgets.

U.S. federal rules prohibit undocumented immigrants from receiving federal funds for health coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act's premium tax credits (as of 2025-10-05).

Congressional reconciliation is a legislative procedure used to advance budget-related bills and can be used to pursue deficit reduction, modify tax credits, and change entitlement programs such as Medicaid.

A 2025 Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) American Values Survey of 5,543 U.S. adults found 62% said the country was going in the wrong direction, with 92% of Democrats, 71% of independents, and 24% of Republicans saying the country was going in the wrong direction.

As of June 2025, 70.5 million people were enrolled in Medicaid in the United States, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans every five years.

Medicaid is a joint federal-state U.S. health insurance program that provides health coverage to eligible low-income individuals and families, including many children.

Expiration of Affordable Care Act-related tax provisions can lead to higher health insurance premiums, and cuts to Medicaid funding can result in people losing health coverage.

U.S. federal law prohibits undocumented immigrants from obtaining Medicaid benefits.

The tax-and-spending law enacted under President Trump's administration was projected to reduce federal Medicaid spending on rural health care by $137 billion over a 10-year period.

U.S. federal law prohibits individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States from enrolling in Medicaid.

Some U.S. states use legal mechanisms or program designs to provide Medicaid-funded healthcare benefits to non-citizens who are not lawfully present despite federal restrictions on Medicaid enrollment for undocumented immigrants.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the federal agency responsible for administering the Medicaid program.

Federal legislation can prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds for clinical services, including abortion services, mammograms, Pap tests, contraception, and sexually transmitted infection testing.

U.S. Medicare and Medicaid programs cover drugs that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved for treatment of Type 2 diabetes.