Cutting immigration effects on Medicare

- Immigration funds not only social security but also Medicare

- Immigrants pays about 166 dollars to the Medicare Trust Fund for every person in the United States every year

- While a native-born United States Citizen take away about 51 dollars per person every year

- Some states like Georgia and Virginia, immigrants give almost 700 dollars per person to Medicare

- This is important as cutting immigration would significantly cut into the budget of Medicare, which would have a significant negative consequence to older Americans.

- Therefore, immigration have a net surplus towards the Medicare system in the United States, while native-born relies significantly on those surpluses to cover their own Medicare

Ranker, Lynsie. “How Immigrants Subsidize Medicare's Trust Fund for All U.S. Seniors.” New American Economy Research Fund, 20 May 2021, https://research.newamericaneconomy.org/report/immigrants-contributions-medicare/.