Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact

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GOP Falsely Ties Shutdown to Democrats’ Alleged Drive To Give All Immigrants Health Care

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Immigrants living in the U.S. without legal status are generally ineligible for federally funded health care programs. Democrats’ funding proposal would restore access to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act marketplace for legal immigrants who will lose access once certain provisions of the Republicans’ tax and spending law take effect.

RFK Jr. Said ‘Everybody Can Get’ a Covid Vaccine. Is That True?

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Although the FDA has approved the vaccines for anyone 65 or older and anyone at least 6 months old who is at risk of a severe covid infection, barriers to coverage and access persist.