Illinois audit finds $1.6 billion spent on healthcare for non US citizens

An audit in Illinois found that $1.6 billion was spent on healthcare for non-US citizens in the last three years. What would an audit in Massachusetts find? We don’t know yet because Massachusetts Democratic legislators have refused to allow an audit, even though 72% of voters approved a ballot measure last November that asks for an audit of the legislators.

An audit this year revealed that Illinois overspent approximately $900 million over three years on a state-sponsored healthcare program for noncitizens, with costs tripling initial estimates. The total expenditure reached $1.6 billion, 282% over their own projections. The program expanded three times, contributing to the cost overrun.

Over 6,000 enrollees listed as “undocumented” had Social Security numbers, raising eligibility concerns. Lack of oversight allowed costs to balloon, with $1 billion in NGO waste identified.

Massachusetts Democrats have spent $3 billion on the emergency shelter system, dominated by migrants who flowed into America under the Biden Administration. Massachusetts is attractive for illegal immigrants because it’s a sanctuary state where state and local law enforcement don’t cooperate with ICE on immigration issues (and often criminal issues).

Massachusetts spends $12,000 per emergency shelter hotel room, provides free food, transportation, and other services that has cost taxpayers $3 billion that past three years.

Here’s a local news story on the Illinois healthcare overrun costs: