RFK Jr. pauses Medicaid reimbursement to Minnesota and California over fraud

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a pause in federal Medicaid funding for California and Minnesota following discoveries of billions in alleged fraud. The Trump administration is withholding approximately $867 million from California and over $200 million from Minnesota. Kennedy stated that Governors Gavin Newsom and Tim Walz must provide documentation proving payments are legitimate to resume funding, claiming that Democrats opened the floodgates to theft regarding these low-income healthcare payments for the two states.