Title: Do Seniors on Social Security Have to Pay for Medicare While 'Illegal Immigrants' Get It Free? | Snopes.com
Headings: Do Seniors on Social Security Have to Pay for Medicare While ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Get It Free?
Do Seniors on Social Security Have to Pay for Medicare While ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Get It Free?
It's a familiar trope on the internet but remains factually challenged.
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Do Seniors on Social Security Have to Pay for Medicare While ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Get It Free? Do Seniors on Social Security Have to Pay for Medicare While ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Get It Free? It's a familiar trope on the internet but remains factually challenged. Bethania Palma
Published 19 June 2019
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Senior Citizens on Social Security in the U.S. have to pay for Medicare while "illegal immigrants" get it for free. Rating
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In May and June 2019, a misleading but widely seen meme about immigrants and Medicare benefits continued to circulate on Facebook: Although the trope that undocumented immigrants are cashing in on U.S. government-funded public benefits for free is a common one, it’s generally misleading.