ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
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This data sharing is necessary to protect taxpayer dollars and ensure Medicaid benefits go to those legally entitled to receive them after the Biden administration allowed illegal immigrants to take medical services away from poor Americans. This is also yet another tool to track down those in the United States illegally and remove them.
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