How Immigrants Subsidize Medicare’s Trust Fund for All U.S. Seniors
Date: May 20, 2021

New research from New American Economy highlights U.S. immigrants’ outsized contributions to Medicare, illustrating that immigrants—including undocumented immigrants—use relatively little health care.
Key findings from the report include:
- Between 2012 and 2018, immigrants contributed an average of $165.52 more per capita annually to the Medicare Trust Fund than was spent on their behalf. Meanwhile, U.S.-born people cost the Trust Fund an average of $51.46 per capita.
- In some states, immigrants contributed even more on average. In Georgia, for example, immigrants contributed $681 more per capita each year than was spent on their behalf. Immigrants in Virginia contributed even more, $691 per capita each year.
Download the full report to see all our findings from this latest research.