Trump’s Medicaid cuts strip health coverage from some legal immigrants—including refugees and victims of human trafficking

New restrictions have stripped Medicaid coverage from certain legal immigrants, including refugees and victims of human trafficking, as part of broader federal changes to the health insurance program that are expected to force millions off their coverage. The change effective Oct. 1 cut from Medicaid what is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of people who legally immigrated to the United States, many of whom work and pay taxes, in the latest Trump administration policy to target foreigners. The move is part of sweeping changes to Medicaid under President Donald Trump’s 2025 tax cut and policy law, with many set to…