Feds Spending Millions on HIV Healthcare for Illegal Aliens in Oklahoma — Whistleblower

Oklahoma State University’s (OSU) Department of Internal Medicine receives federal funding to treat low-income patients with HIV via the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), which was created following the death of a young man who contracted the disease during a blood transfusion and later died from AIDS in 1990.

In 2024, 601,853 patients were treated nationally by RWHAP-funded providers — an increase of more than 40,000 since 2020.

The program, which received $2.57 billion for the 2024 federal fiscal year, is administered by the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), an arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

In FY24, three clinics in Oklahoma received more than $13.7 million in federal funding via RWHAP.

A whistleblower familiar with the inner workings of one OSU clinic told Border Hawk nearly 10 percent of the roughly 1,500 HIV patients they are treating are illegal aliens.

“The staff takes great pride in protecting these people from federal oversight,” the whistleblower stated.

“Many of these people don’t have IDs, don’t speak English, don’t have documents, don’t have social security numbers, and are open about how they came to the U.S.”

Some staffers have even quit due to frustration about the program being used by so many illegal aliens.

“I don’t want to work in an environment like this,” said a former staffer.

“We have people from Russia, countries in Africa, Central America, the whole world it seems.”

In April, 31 out of 466 grant recipients at the clinic were illegal aliens. None of those patients had identification, insurance, or social security numbers — and all required taxpayer-funded translators.

Each year, roughly 300 illegal aliens at the clinic qualify for the RWHAP program, which is offered in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

One of the clinic’s illegal alien patients has been on RWHAP since 2014.

“The cost for this person would be extremely high due to how long they have been on the program. At the very least, it’s multiple visits per year,” said the whistleblower.

There are several requirements individuals must meet to receive RWHAP Part B and/or ADAP services:

• Have a documented HIV diagnosis
• Reside within designated service areas
• Fall below a defined low-income threshold
• RWHAP must be the payor of last resort — client must not have a third-party payor available for requested services

However, RWHAP recipients are not required to provide citizenship or immigration documentation.

“Immigration status is irrelevant for the purposes of eligibility for RWHAP services. People with undocumented immigration status are eligible for services under the RWHAP,” the Alabama Department of Public Health states in its eligibility policy.

HIV/AIDS treatments are incredibly expensive and can top $50,000 per year for some patients.

RWHAP recipients also qualify for transportation, primary health care, translator services, case manager assistance, dental care, and even mental health care.

“There’s one recipient that a transportation service drives over 60 miles each way to bring him/her to the facility. All paid for via the grant,” the whistleblower said.

While illegal aliens often receive RWHAP care for years, many American patients are on the program for around 12 months or less.

Multiple organizations across the U.S. cater to ‘migrants’ with communicable diseases.

One example is Los Angeles-based Albergue Las Memorias which offers housing, food, clothing, and medication for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Support groups, workshops on HIV/AIDS, self-esteem building, and nutrition are also provided, as well as psychological support and computer classes.

Interestingly, city officials in Chicago have indicated that a recent spike in local HIV and AIDS cases were likely tied to mass migration.

“From 2020 to 2024, the number of Latinos with HIV or AIDS in Chicago increased 17 percent, despite it dropping among the white and black populations during that same time. In 2024, there was an increase in people with a late diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, and half were Latinos,” the Post Millennial reported last month.

The Department of Health and Human Services offered the following response to our query about this story:

To qualify for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program services, an individual must meet residency standards for the jurisdiction where they reside, be diagnosed with HIV, and meet income requirement (a percentage at, below, or above the federal poverty level). Client eligibility is determined at the jurisdictional or clinic level. All activities must align with applicable law, including but not limited to statutes, executive orders, federal regulations and applicable judicial holdings, and must comply with Administration priorities and all applicable eligibility requirements governing the use of Federal funds.

Just how many illegal aliens are receiving support from RWHAP? Extrapolated data puts that number in the tens of thousands. If a mere 5% of the total recipients were illegal aliens in FY24, that figure would be around 30,000.

“It’s wrong what’s happening here. Americans struggle to get health care while people come here illegally and get it for free,” the whistleblower said.

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