Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants to Cost $23 Billion, According to a New Study

According to a new study from The Center for Immigration Studies, the plan supported by all of the 2020 Democratic presidential frontrunners to give healthcare to illegal immigrants would cost an estimated $10 billion to $23 billion. 

At the first Democratic primary debate, all of the candidates on the stage raised their hands in support of this far-left policy:

The report states “it would cost an estimated $4,600 for each of the illegals who do not now have insurance.” There are an estimated “4.9 million illegal immigrants eligible for the taxpayer-subsidized insurance.” The Washington Examiner detailed some of the additional key findings from the report: 

• There are 4.9 million uninsured illegal immigrants with incomes low enough (less than 400 percent of the poverty threshold) to qualify for subsidies under the ACA.
• Given their age and income, the average cost of providing an ACA subsidy for an illegal immigrant would be about $4,600 each year.
• The total cost of providing ACA subsidies to illegal immigrants could be $22.6 billion annually if they all enrolled. The total cost assuming a more realistic enrollment rate is $10.4 billion per year.
• While the overall cost would be large, the average subsidy illegal immigrants would receive is still smaller than the average ACA subsidy. This is primarily because illegal immigrants are a relatively young population.

As with all of the far-left, socialist policies being introduced by the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, healthcare for illegal immigrants would come with a huge price tag that will force tax increases on the American middle class.