With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

KFF Health News – Friday, February 6, 2026
By Phil Galewitz and Amanda Seitz

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal information, including home addresses, could be used in efforts to remove them from the country.

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