RFKJr. Suspends $1 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota Because Both Failed States Continue to Permit and Encourage Massive Fraud

RFKJr. Suspends $1 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota Because Both Failed States Continue to Permit and Encourage Massive Fraud

The Trump-Kennedy Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has paused over $1 billion in Medicaid funding for California and Minnesota, as the Democrats there have absolutely no intention of truly reforming their systems to root out the rampant fraud.

HHS leadership held a press conference Tuesday regarding the suspension and how the Trump administration is combatting fraud. "If those states want that money, they need to provide documentations that these ⁠payments are legitimate," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at the press conference where Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), also appeared.

Oz explained why California in particular is raising so many questions. "Another $250 million, a quarter billion dollars, comes from claims tied to high-risk providers, as I explained earlier, those who are billing more than a year after the service is provided, those billing for four or more patients all at the same time -- hard to juggle that many patients."

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Referring to the Democrats in charge of California and Minnesota, "If Gov. Gavin Newsom or Gov. Tim Walz wants this funding released, all they have to do is provide basic documentation, showing that these services are legitimate and not fraudulent. And that's common sense. The Biden administration abandoned that kind of oversight. Instead of protecting your money, they open the floodgates to theft. They dismantled basic program integrity and oversight."