<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.healthbeat.org/2026/09/29/medicaid-immigrant-eligibility-cuts-october-1/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-29T15:27:45.725Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Healthbeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-29T15:27:45.725Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Medicaid cuts hit lawfully present immigrants Oct. 1. Here are 5 things to know.]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.healthbeat.org/resizer/v2/OLSUC4P4SBAL3FTEWMOYEGNII4.jpg?auth=5635d55f3ec2f8ee5881ffc29af8c839d058c635540c169957ab915510db45f3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8256&amp;height=5504</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a healthcare announcement at the White House in August. The new Medicaid restrictions for immigrants that begin on Oct. 1 are part of sweeping changes to the joint federal-state program that were enacted last year. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>