Trump’s hunt for undocumented Medicaid enrollees yields few violators

KFF Health News – Tuesday, March 31, 2026
By Phil Galewitz

Last August, as part of the federal government’s crackdown on people in the country illegally, the Trump administration sent states the names of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees with orders to determine whether they were ineligible based on immigration status.

But seven months later, findings from five states shared with KFF Health News show that the reviews have uncovered little evidence of a widespread problem.

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