The Trump administration is "temporarily" 🔥halting
$259 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota,
JD Vance announced Wednesday.
Vance said the payments will be paused
“until the state government takes its obligations seriously to stop the fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American taxpayer.”
The news of the "temporary" halting of the massive amount of federal funding
— which provides health insurance to low-income people
— comes as the state has been a target of the federal government
following allegations of fraud perpetrated by child care providers in the state.
In December, federal officials froze $185 million in child care funds to Minnesota
and last month, the administration announced it was freezing $10 billion in funding for social services programs
in five Democratic-led states, including Minnesota.
The latest news also follows Donald Trump’s announcement at the State of the Union address on Tuesday night that he was tasking the vice president with waging a “war on fraud.”
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-administration-medicaid-funding-minnesota
