b'Senate democrats held the federal government hostage for 43 days, demanding an increase in spending to provide free healthcare for illegal immigrants. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan continuing resolution, CR, that would keep the government funded and running and sent it to the senate, but senate democrats refused to pass the bill.Yes, Democrats are defending Medicaid for illegal immigrants, although they deny it. Federal law does indeed make it possible for states to extend Medicaid to millions of illegal immigrants.One of the methods states use to funnel federal dollars to healthcare for illegal immigrants is through emergency Medicaid. This is the part of the program intended to reimburse hospitals for providing emergency care to uninsured patients. In recent years, the amount of federal money used to provide such care to illegal immigrants has soared.52'