Generally speaking, those parents wouldn’t have the work history to qualify for SS benefits in the US. AND IIRC, they’d need some form of permanent residency to qualify for Medicare/Medicaid.

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alwa 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And the sponsoring immigrant would be responsible for the bill.

	▲	dfadsadsf 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Technically yes but practically no. I did research - there were a few court cases in 60ies but after that gov gave up on trying to recover money.

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someperson 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Many Medicaid rules around minimum residency and work history are being (insanely) relaxed/removed. At least in California.

Based on my reading of the law, you can overstay a tourist visa and receive Medicaid coverage in California relatively quickly.

(But that's a different discussion)