Title: How Undocumented Immigrants Sometimes Receive Medicaid Treatment | PBS NewsHour
Headings: How Undocumented Immigrants Sometimes Receive Medicaid Treatment
How Undocumented Immigrants Sometimes Receive Medicaid Treatment
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Content: Immigrants migrate to the U.S. for job opportunities and reunifying with family members.” Data that Kaiser Health News collected from seven states that are thought to have the highest numbers of illegal immigrants show that the funding pays for emergency services delivered to more than 100,000 people a year. California hospitals get about half the $2 billion spent annually on Emergency Medicaid. The rest is spread mainly among a handful of states. In 2011, for example: New York spent $528 million on Emergency Medicaid for nearly 30,000 people. Texas reported 240,000 claims costing $331 million. ( One person could be responsible for multiple claims.) Florida spent $214 million on 31,000 patients. North Carolina spent $48 million on about 19,000 people.