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Audit finds Illinois vastly underestimated cost of noncitizen healthcare on taxpayers

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Audit finds cost of providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants greatly underestimated.

Gov. JB Pritzker proposed cutting funding to a newer program that gives Medicaid -style health coverage to noncitizens between ages 44 and 65 .

Program is similar to Medicaid but is funded by the state since migrants are n’t eligible for federal coverage.

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