Blue state governor's 'gross mismanagement' cost taxpayers $1.6B for illegal immigrant healthcare: audit
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An audit requested by GOP lawmakers shows Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s administration grossly underestimated the $1.6 billion price tag for state health programs for illegal immigrants.
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"This audit shows that the governor, that the program was rampant in overspending. It spent well in excess of 200% more than what was estimated in budgets and in appropriations," state Senate Republican leader John Curran told Fox News Digital in an interview.
"And it also showed that the governor was unable to manage this program," he said. "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."
An audit requested by GOP lawmakers shows Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s administration grossly underestimated the $1.6 billion price tag for state health programs for illegal immigrants.
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