{"id":3650,"date":"2026-07-21T18:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:08:45","slug":"trump-admin-freezing-over-1-billion-in-medicaid-payments-to-two-blue-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
<\/p>\n
\n

WASHINGTON <\/strong>\u2014 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.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump Says He\u2019ll Be Talking To China About Bombshell Election Meddling Documents<\/a><\/p>\n

Kennedy<\/span> said<\/span> during a press conference that HHS is \u201cnot sending Medicaid or Medicare dollars out the door until we have confidence that they are being spent lawfully and appropriately.\u201d The payment deferrals aim to advance the Trump administration\u2019s ongoing \u201ceffort to combat fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid and safeguard federal taxpayer dollars,\u201d HHS said in a news release<\/span>. (RELATED: Sham Hospices, Fake Skin Grafts: HHS Watchdog\u2019s Report Exposes Billions In Fraud)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said<\/span> during the news conference that fraudsters\u2019 \u201cdays of stealing from the American taxpayer are over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Minnesota and California, our reviews are going back to just over the last few years, [turning] up the same recurring theme again and again, every single quarter: claims in the same high-risk categories that the states have not yet been able to document fully,\u201d Oz added<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s press office wrote<\/span> in an X post that the move \u201cis the same recycled political stunt we\u2019ve seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia isn\u2019t being targeted because Trump has evidence of fraud,\u201d Newsom\u2019s press office said in the social media post. \u201cWe are being targeted for political reasons \u2014 and because Dr. Oz doesn\u2019t understand that we are *SAVING* taxpayers money by keeping seniors and people with disabilities out of far more expensive nursing homes!\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Biden FBI Stopped CBP From Questioning COVID \u2018Person Of Interest,\u2019 Documents Released By Rand Paul Show<\/a><\/p>\n

When reached for comment, Newsom\u2019s office referred the Daily Caller News Foundation to its X post from Tuesday.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told the DCNF in a statement that the Trump administration \u201cis cutting more money in healthcare than they\u2019ve prosecuted for fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe math doesn\u2019t add up,\u201d Walz continued. \u201cThey\u2019re not punishing fraudsters, they\u2019re punishing children, seniors, working families, and people with disabilities. This is about cutting healthcare for people they don\u2019t care about in their campaign of retribution against Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s announcement comes as the Trump administration has been moving<\/span> to stamp out healthcare fraud across the U.S. in recent months.<\/p>\n

In May, the administration announced<\/span> it was deferring $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California, claiming that the state has failed to do enough to combat healthcare fraud. The administration also announced in April that it was withholding an additional $91 million in Medicaid funds for Minnesota amid concerns over potential fraud, MinnPost reported<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Read more Is DHS Caving To Corporatocracy\u2019s Demand For Cheap Illegal Migrant Labor?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The administration is deferring over $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota amid its ongoing healthcare fraud crackdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[166,3399,903,1821,2546,195,190,345,513,1824,348,183],"class_list":["post-3650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting","tag-california","tag-center-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services","tag-cms","tag-department-of-health-and-human-services","tag-dr-mehmet-oz","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-healthcare","tag-minnesota","tag-politics","tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr","tag-tim-walz","tag-trump-administration"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States - Home Transfer Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States - Home Transfer Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The administration is deferring over $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota amid its ongoing healthcare fraud crackdown.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home Transfer Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-21T18:08:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3650#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3650\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\"},\"headline\":\"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-21T18:08:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3650\"},\"wordCount\":490,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"california\",\"center for medicare and medicaid services\",\"cms\",\"department of health and human services\",\"dr mehmet oz\",\"gavin newsom\",\"healthcare\",\"minnesota\",\"politics\",\"robert f kennedy jr\",\"tim walz\",\"trump administration\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3650#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3650\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3650\",\"name\":\"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States - Home Transfer Guide\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-21T18:08:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3650#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3650\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?p=3650#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home Transfer Guide\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hometransferguide.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States - Home Transfer Guide","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States - Home Transfer Guide","og_description":"The administration is deferring over $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota amid its ongoing healthcare fraud crackdown.","og_url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650","og_site_name":"Home Transfer Guide","article_published_time":"2026-07-21T18:08:45+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529"},"headline":"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States","datePublished":"2026-07-21T18:08:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650"},"wordCount":490,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["california","center for medicare and medicaid services","cms","department of health and human services","dr mehmet oz","gavin newsom","healthcare","minnesota","politics","robert f kennedy jr","tim walz","trump administration"],"articleSection":["Interesting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650","name":"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States - Home Transfer Guide","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-21T18:08:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3650#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/","name":"Home Transfer Guide","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/#\/schema\/person\/47c12a8611db56d3441574d894569529","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/hometransferguide.com"],"url":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}