Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants By Phil Galewitz Updated November 3, 2025 Originally Published November 3, 2025

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-hhs-medicaid-eligibility-reviews-states-cms-immigrants/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8sh78La--EAKHEHFUJXaP9I6RwAIF0ZPOsmse_cBq8KzuIdnx16uKmbIY3uWI5Won4FyH75TVFdI0YoGWahyNSZynybw&_hsmi=388911981&utm_content=388911981&utm_source=hs_email Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants By Phil Galewitz Federal health authorities have taken the "unprecedented" step of instructing states to investigate certain individuals on Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they’ve received more than 170,000 names collectively.