False2025-10
What is circulating
“During the 2025 government shutdown, Johnson posted on X that "Democrats want hospitals (to be) paid MORE to treat illegal aliens than American citizens."”
Claimed by Mike Johnson · social media
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. The Democratic proposal would restore federal emergency care funding to its previous level, not pay hospitals more for undocumented patients; the Republican law had cut the federal share for some noncitizens from 90% to roughly 50% to 77%. Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for regular Medicaid, and emergency Medicaid was under 1% of Medicaid spending in fiscal 2023.