The fight over taxpayer subsidies for non-citizen migrant health care in Illinois continues as a new audit shows Illinois taxpayers' costs ballooned beyond estimates and total $1.6 billion over three years. An Illinois Auditor General report on Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors and Adults showed overall costs from 2021 to 2023 were up to 286% higher than estimated, totalling more than $897 million. There were also eligibility errors with poor internal controls. On the House floor, state Rep. Amy Elik, R-Alton, said the audit shows Republican concerns were valid. "It is not enough for us to say I told you so,' we must do better," Elik said. "Now is the time and this is our opportunity to work for taxpayers, not promote fraud and overspending."