🚨 FACT CHECK: Is Medicare Being Defunded for Noncitizens in the Big Beautiful Bill?
Let’s set the record straight ⬇️
🧾 CLAIM: “Medicare is being defunded for noncitizens, refugees, and asylum seekers under Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.”
✅ VERDICT: PARTLY TRUE — but it’s mostly about Medicaid, NOT Medicare.
📌 What’s Actually in the Bill:
• The bill defunds Medicaid and Obamacare subsidies for noncitizens, including refugees, asylum seekers, and TPS holders.
• It does NOT fully strip Medicare — the changes focus on limiting future Medicare access to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.
• Current lawful Medicare recipients are NOT affected.
💡 The confusion? Medicaid ≠ Medicare.
• Medicaid is for low-income individuals, often state-managed.
• Medicare is a federal entitlement program for seniors and the disabled.
🔥 Bottom Line:
➡️ The Big Beautiful Bill does block healthcare benefits like Medicaid for many noncitizens.
➡️ Medicare is not being “defunded” — just restricted moving forward.
📢 Is this a smart move to protect American taxpayers, or does it go too far?
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