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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gvcuu2wWAAA8104?format=jpg&name=large[/img]

Look at this. You have hospitals where as much one-third of the costs / wait times are illegals.

Imagine how much better medical care in the US would be if we didn’t have to pay for a freeloading 30%.
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Brainwashed MAGA liar.

Fact check:

Data shows healthcare costs for undocumented immigrants are a small fraction of total U.S. healthcare spending, with primary cost drivers being chronic diseases, administrative overhead, and high drug prices.

Sources:

*National Immigration Forum (2022): Federal spending on emergency services for undocumented immigrants was $974 million in 2016, 0.2% of Medicaid expenditures ($565 billion) and 0.03% of total national health expenditures ($3.3 trillion).[](https://immigrationforum.org/article/fact-sheet-undocumented-immigrants-and-federal-health-care-benefits/)
*KFF (2024): Immigrants, including undocumented, have lower per capita healthcare expenditures ($4,875) than U.S.-born citizens ($7,277), with minimal Medicaid spending on emergency services (0.6%, $4.3 billion).[](https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/immigrants-have-lower-health-care-expenditures-than-their-u-s-born-counterparts/)
*American Journal of Public Health (2022): Undocumented immigrants account for 1.4% of U.S. healthcare spending despite being 5% of the population.(https://www.ilctr.org/about-immigrants/ilc-publications-and-resources/the-impact-of-immigrants-on-health-care-in-the-united-states/)
*Primary cost drivers: Chronic diseases, high administrative costs (8-15% of healthcare spending), and rising drug prices (e.g., prescription drug spending rose 7.7% annually from 2015-2020) dominate costs, per CMS and KFF data.

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