"Oh, excuse me, not strictly true? TONY DOKOUPIL: It's not directly true, but SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: It is a flat-out lie! It is a flat-out lie! TONY DOKOUPIL: the way that they frame it SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: There is nothing in Medicaid, nothing in Medicare, that permits one undocumented immigrant to get one dollar of assistance! None! TONY DOKOUPIL: Senator SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: Zero!"
"TONY DOKOUPIL: In the Democratic counteroffer, offer the proposal for funding, there is a restoration of Medicaid benefits for certain noncitizens that had been taken away in the Big, Beautiful Bill, as Republicans put it. SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: No! TONY DOKOUPIL: Republicans don't think those people should be getting health care on the taxpayer dime. I'm not asking on the merits. Politically, putting that in there exposes you to this talking point, this lie a"
Republicans blamed Democrats for the government shutdown by claiming Democrats want to provide free health care to illegal immigrants, a claim that multiple fact-checkers have ruled false. Vice President JD Vance repeated the talking point at a White House briefing. On CBS Mornings, Tony Dokoupil pressed Senator Elizabeth Warren on provisions in a Democratic funding counteroffer related to noncitizen Medicaid benefits. Warren interrupted Dokoupil, called the Republican framing a 'flat-out lie,' and asserted that Medicaid and Medicare contain no provisions allowing undocumented immigrants to receive taxpayer-funded assistance. The counteroffer restores Medicaid benefits for certain noncitizens removed under the prior bill, a detail Republicans used for criticism and political attack.
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