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Medicaid Withholds Over $1 Billion In Funds To States

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The Trump administration is withholding more Medicaid payments, citing suspected fraud and compliance concerns involving programs serving people with developmental disabilities and others.

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  1. Just the News

    Trump admin pauses $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota over suspected fraud (opens Just the News)

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    Kennedy said that the states will need to provide documentation proving the payments are legitimate before the funds will be released.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Trump administration says it's deferring $1B in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – JULY 08: Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz holds up a graph as he speaks ahead of U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the 128th Air Refueling Wing Hangar on July 08, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  3. Washington Times

    Feds withhold over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota to stop fraud (opens Washington Times)

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    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota because of suspected fraud and noncompliance, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday.

  4. Washington Examiner

    RFK Jr. pauses Medicaid reimbursement to Minnesota and California over fraud (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Trump administration is pausing federal Medicaid funding for Minnesota and California after months of uncovering billions of dollars in alleged fraud. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

  5. New York Post

    RFK Jr. yanks Medicaid funds to California and Minnesota, says Dems ‘opened the floodgates to theft’ (opens New York Post)

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    Kennedy said if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) want the money to fund low-income healthcare, “they need to provide documentation that these payments are legitimate.”

  6. Fox News

    Trump admin pausing over $1B in Medicaid payments to Minnesota, California over fraud, compliance concerns (opens Fox News)

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    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says California and Minnesota must prove Medicaid payments were legitimate before frozen federal funding will be released.

  7. New Hampshire Union Leader

    US pauses $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    The Trump administration is pausing $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over "suspected fraud and noncompliance," U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday.

  8. Union Leader

    UPDATE 2-US pauses $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota (opens Union Leader)

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    (Adds deferred funds breakdown in paragraph 3, Oz quote in 6, state responses in 7-8, recovery path in 9)

  9. The Center Square

    Feds freeze $1B to California, Minnesota Medicaid (opens The Center Square)

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    (The Center Square) - The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday.

  10. Newsweek

    Trump Admin Pauses Over $1 Billion Medicaid Payments: Who is Impacted (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Trump administration has paused more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments.

  11. The Daily Wire

    RFK Punishes Blue States For Rampant Fraud Concerns (opens The Daily Wire)

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    The Trump administration is withholding more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota while demanding the Democrat-led states prove questioned Medicaid claims were lawful and not the result of waste, fraud, or abuse. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

  12. The Guardian

    RFK Jr pauses $1bn Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota (opens The Guardian)

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    Trump’s health secretary says AI used to identify potential fraud in Democratic-run states The Trump administration has paused more than $1bn in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota, citing “suspected fraud and noncompliance” – withholding of funding that follows a $243m pause in Medicaid pa…

  13. Axios

    Trump admin freezes more than $1 billion in Medicaid funds (opens Axios)

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    The Trump administration is halting more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota until the states take more steps to investigate questionable claims, federal health officials said on Tuesday.

  14. CBS News

    Trump admin. halts $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota (opens CBS News)

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    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his agency is pausing $867.5 million in Medicaid payments to California and $199 million to Minnesota.

  15. Californiaglobe

    HHS Sec Kennedy Announces Trump Admin is Pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota Over Suspected Fraud (opens Californiaglobe)

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    CMS is deferring approximately $867.5 million in federal Medicaid payments to California

  16. The Hill

    Trump admin freezes over $1B in Medicaid funds for Minnesota, California (opens The Hill)

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    The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over alleged fraud concerns, officials announced Tuesday. Tuesday marked the second time Trump targeted the two states' Democratic governors — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Minnesota Gov.

  17. The Boston Globe

    Trump officials withhold $1 billion in Medicaid funds from two states (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The administration accused California and Minnesota of fraudulent activity in their public health insurance programs.

  18. PJ Media

  19. Independent Journal Review

    Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is deferring over $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of its ongoing healthcare fraud crackdown, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday.

  20. Tampa Free Press

    $1B Medicaid Freeze: Feds Block Funds To California, Minnesota In Massive Fraud Sweep (opens Tampa Free Press)

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    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday that they are withholding more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid funding from California and Minnesota while federal officials review high-risk spending claims.

  21. The New Republic

    RFK Jr. Halts Medicaid Funds to Blue States Despite No Proof of Fraud (opens The New Republic)

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    The Trump administration announced that it’s pausing $1 billion in Medicare and Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, accusing the states of widespread fraud. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr.

  22. The Daily Signal

    Trump Pauses More Than $1 Billion in Medicaid to 2 Blue States for Suspected Fraud (opens The Daily Signal)

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    The Trump administration is pausing more than a billion dollars in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota because of suspected fraud. “That includes more than $860 million for California and over $200 million for Minnesota,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

  23. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Trump administration says it's deferring $1B in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The Trump administration says it's deferring over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of suspected fraud and noncompliance

  24. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Trump officials withhold $1B in Medicaid funds from 2 states (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    The Trump administration announced today it was withholding an additional $1 billion in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, the second time it has targeted the two states with Democratic governors for suspected fraud in their public health insurance programs.

  25. Legal Insurrection

    HHS Pausing $1 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California, Minnesota Over Fraud (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    "That includes more than $887 million for California and over $200 million for Minnesota." The post HHS Pausing $1 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California, Minnesota Over Fraud first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .

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