My question involves public health law in the State of: California and I want to know if it is legal for an illegal immigrant to apply for medicaid or any other free medical care/treatment program without risking your legality or deportation?
My question involves public health law in the State of: California and I want to know if it is legal for an illegal immigrant to apply for medicaid or any other free medical care/treatment program without risking your legality or deportation?
Hopefully it is totally illegal. Here is a crazy idea, Go through the system legally !!!. Get a green card, start paying taxes and then apply.
This is one of the main reasons our health care costs are out of control..
Undocumented immigrants have limited eligibility for Medicaid, primarily for non-emergency pregnancy related care and emergency care.
It is not illegal to apply. It is illegal to lie on the application, however.
This is a political statement, not a legal one. There are a great many undocumented people who are working in the U.S. illegally who are paying taxes, including the social security and medicare taxes for benefits they will never be entitled to.
But that would be a discussion for the political forums, I think.