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GOP Charge That Harris Backed Taxpayer-Funded Care for All Immigrants Overlooks Details - KFF Health News

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Vice President Kamala Harris raised her hand during a 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate in Miami .

But that doesn’t mean she supported taxpayer funding for the benefits or that the health coverage would be free.

PolitiFact has checked similar claims Republicans and Trump made in 2019 and found them Mostly False.

Trump says Kamala Harris supports free, taxpayer-funded health benefits for immigrants who are in the country illegally.

Immigrants lacking legal residency also pay billions of dollars in taxes.

Harris signaled in 2019 that her Medicare for All proposal would cover all immigrants regardless of status.

We rate this claim Mostly False .