Are Illegal Immigrants Receiving Medicaid?

The U.S. Capitol building on the second day of the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 2, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

“The law prohibits undocumented immigrants from getting payments from Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Oct. 1. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) disagreed. “By some estimates, 20 million illegal aliens came [here] from every country, all around the world,” Johnson said. “[Democrats] gave them all this parole status so that they could get enrolled onto taxpayer benefits.”