Title: Partly false claim: Seniors must pay for Medicare and supplemental insurance while ‘illegals get it all for free’ | Reuters
Headings: Partly false claim: Seniors must pay for Medicare and supplemental insurance while ‘illegals get it all for free’
Partly false claim: Seniors must pay for Medicare and supplemental insurance while ‘illegals get it all for free’
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Content: These include legal restrictions, inability to afford private insurance, and not seeking other options due to fear of deportation ( here ). The KFF reports that 47% of undocumented immigrants are uninsured. The think tank Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) says the number is 60% to 70%. Undocumented immigrants are excluded from government marketplaces like Medicare and ACA. Only emergency treatment is required to be administered to people regardless of their immigration status. VERDICT
Partly false: Seniors on Social Security must pay for Medicare and supplemental insurance, but undocumented immigrants do not get the same health insurance coverage, or health care, for free
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