Government Report Shows Red State Gave Over $1 Billion in Medical Care to Illegals in Less Than One Year

If you wonder why American health care is so expensive, perhaps you should take a good long look at how much of it is being given to non-Americans — even in red states.

According to new data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and first released by Texas Scorecard, illegal aliens imposed a $1,050,642,864 burden on the state’s hospitals in fiscal year 2025, with 313,742 visits being recorded by those “not legally present.”

Because yes, even in Texas, we have to use euphemisms for “illegal alien.” But I digress.

As TheBlaze noted, the data were collected and released all because of the efforts of Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, who signed an executive order in August of 2024 mandating that state hospitals begin