Title: PolitiFact | No, undocumented immigrants don't get Medicare for free
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Undocumented immigrants get Medicare for free.
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Content: have end-stage renal disease and meet certain requirements. Part B is medical insurance that helps cover doctor appointments, among other care. An immigrant "lawfully admitted for permanent residence who has lived in the U.S. without a break for the 5-year period immediately before the month (they) file for enrollment in Part B" is eligible for that insurance. Most people do not have to pay a premium for Part A, according to CMS, but everyone must pay for Part B if they want it. But Alan Taylor Kelley, a doctor and clinical lecturer at the University of Michigan, told PolitiFact that "undocumented immigrants do not have access to any standard Medicare or Medicaid insurance programs offered by the federal government." While undocumented immigrants can get "emergency" Medicaid covering "very limited urgent/emergent services only," he said, there is no available Medicare program. "In fact," he said, "many pay into Medicare through taxes but don’t collect the benefit, thereby subsidizing the Medicare Trust Fund." The fund finances Medicare health services through payroll taxes, general tax revenue and premiums enrollees pay, according to the Tax Policy Center. Taylor pointed to a January 2016 article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that though "unauthorized immigrants seldom have access to public health insurance programs such as Medicare Part A," they have "prolonged the life of the Medicare Trust Fund." Sometimes the system is misused
There has been news coverage about undocumented immigrants benefiting from Medicare, but they shouldn’t have.