Illegal immigrants aged 65 and over in New York will be able to obtain taxpayer-financed health care in the state budget signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and passed by the legislature.
signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and passed by the legislature — a move critics say will incentivize the undocumented to flood New York for the benefits., the public health insurance program for the needy that served more than 7 million residents during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
But the current state Health Department rule for Medicaid recipients has a lax residency standard. An applicant just has to prove he lives in New York State “regardless of the length of their residence.” Democratic lawmakers defended the illegal immigrant-friendly policy and said concerns over the costs cited by Hochul’s budget office limited the program to elderly non-citizens. An estimated 700,000 undocumented residents live in New York.Hans Pennink
The budget also provides post-partum medical coverage to mothers from 60 days to one year regardless of immigration status, Gottfried noted.
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