May 14, 2026 - Page 2

Vance announces suspension of $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California

By Rebecca Shabad Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration is withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California and is threatening to suspend federal funding to all states if they don’t aggressively prosecute fraud in their Medicaid programs. As part of his role as the fraud czar, Vance said that the administration is targeting California because

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