Posted on 02/28/2025 8:45:06 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
A state audit found taxpayers in Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D) Illinois paid out a whopping $1.6 billion for healthcare programs for illegal immigrants since 2020.
The news comes after Republican legislators pushed for the audit to be released, Fox News reported on Friday.
In regard to the audit, state Senate Republican leader John Curran said it showed there has been rampant overspending.
“And it also showed that the governor was unable to manage this program. Thousands of people were allowed to sign up for free healthcare for years on the state taxpayer dime that should not have been eligible under the parameters laid out for this program, and the governor failed to even seek federal reimbursement when eligible on certain services for years, leaving federal dollars on the table,” he explained.
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the governor failed to even seek federal reimbursement when eligible on certain services for years, leaving federal dollars on the table,
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GOOD! Why should the rest of us be on the hook for that mismanagement??
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