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Fewer Immigrants Are Seeking Oregon Health Care Benefits Under Trump
Healthier Oregon enrollment fell from 107,000 in June to 97,000 in January amid federal Medicaid data sharing and immigration enforcement, state officials said.
- This month, the Healthier Oregon program reported enrollment fell to 97,000 people from a peak of 107,000, leaving thousands fewer recipients than months ago.
- A federal judge ruled in December that ICE can access Medicaid data, prompting Oregon and 21 other states and the District of Columbia to sue, following June sharing of data with ICE.
- Following recent enforcement incidents, Border Patrol shot two Venezuelan immigrants on Jan. 8 and detained a 7-year-old and her parents, which officials said increased fear, leading to lower enrollment in Healthier Oregon.
- Officials warn that avoided care is harming communities, as hospitals must stabilize emergency patients with Medicaid reimbursing that care and state dollars funding most Healthier Oregon services.
- Oregon is one of five states that provides coverage regardless of immigration status, and nearly half of likely undocumented adults say they avoided care since January 2025, highlighting public-health risks.
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