Trump Demands Medicaid Data for Deportation. Some States Go a Step Further.

Some states doing more than Trump admin requires on Medicaid immigration data: Report

The Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump started sharing Medicaid information with federal immigration officials last year. Now, KFF Health News reports that several states are using their own public health agencies to assist in this effort.  In April, North Carolina passed a law requiring its public health agencies to flag Medicaid recipients to the Department of Homeland Security if their legal status is in ques…

Trump demands Medicaid data for deportation. Some states go a step further.

Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Trump Demands Medicaid Data for Deportation. Some States Go a Step Further. - Health Care Today

Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to flag recipients of Medicaid to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security if their l…

Trump demands Medicaid data for deportation. Some states go further.

Several states have joined President Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to flag recipients of Medicaid to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security if their legal st…