Minnesota remains frontline in Vance's 'war on fraud' as Walz given 60 days 'to clean up the systems'
Every delay has consequences.
Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration is temporarily halting Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota, giving Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz 60 days to clean up how the state doles out funding.
"We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money," Vance said Wednesday in a press event attended by Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz.
The announcement comes after President Donald Trump railed against fraud in the Gopher State Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address.
The administration and Congress have zeroed in on rampant abuse of federal taxpayers' funds since December 2025, when details of Minnesota's fraud surrounding social programs and welfare programs stretching back to the COVID-19 pandemic first came under the national spotlight. Investigators have since estimated the Minnesota scheme could top $9 billion.
JD VANCE SPEARHEADS 'WAR ON FRAUD,' PROMISES TO ROOT OUT TAXPAYER MONEY 'STOLEN' BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Trump pointed to his vice president as leading the administration's "war on fraud" amid his State of the Union remarks.
Vance explained Wednesday that "we are stopping the federal payments that will go to the state government until the state government takes its obligations seriously to stop the fraud that's being perpetrated against the American taxpayer."
The vice president continued that officials have verified that a program in Minnesota intended to provide after-school care to autistic children actually benefited fraudsters.
"A lot of people are getting rich off the generosity of American taxpayers," Vance said. "But more fundamentally, and more importantly than that, it means that there are kids in Minnesota who deserve these services, who need these services, and they're not going to those kids. They're going to fraudsters in Minneapolis. That is unacceptable. And that's the sort of thing that we're cutting off with this action today."
Oz added that it is that the pause marks "the largest action against fraud that we've ever taken" at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, before launching into how the administration is deferring funds to the state.
HEAVILY-REDACTED AUDIT FINDS MINNESOTA MEDICAID HAD WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITIES
"It's going to be $259 million of deferred payments for Medicaid to Minnesota, which we're announcing as I speak, to …
Every delay has consequences.
Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration is temporarily halting Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota, giving Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz 60 days to clean up how the state doles out funding.
"We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money," Vance said Wednesday in a press event attended by Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz.
The announcement comes after President Donald Trump railed against fraud in the Gopher State Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address.
The administration and Congress have zeroed in on rampant abuse of federal taxpayers' funds since December 2025, when details of Minnesota's fraud surrounding social programs and welfare programs stretching back to the COVID-19 pandemic first came under the national spotlight. Investigators have since estimated the Minnesota scheme could top $9 billion.
JD VANCE SPEARHEADS 'WAR ON FRAUD,' PROMISES TO ROOT OUT TAXPAYER MONEY 'STOLEN' BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Trump pointed to his vice president as leading the administration's "war on fraud" amid his State of the Union remarks.
Vance explained Wednesday that "we are stopping the federal payments that will go to the state government until the state government takes its obligations seriously to stop the fraud that's being perpetrated against the American taxpayer."
The vice president continued that officials have verified that a program in Minnesota intended to provide after-school care to autistic children actually benefited fraudsters.
"A lot of people are getting rich off the generosity of American taxpayers," Vance said. "But more fundamentally, and more importantly than that, it means that there are kids in Minnesota who deserve these services, who need these services, and they're not going to those kids. They're going to fraudsters in Minneapolis. That is unacceptable. And that's the sort of thing that we're cutting off with this action today."
Oz added that it is that the pause marks "the largest action against fraud that we've ever taken" at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, before launching into how the administration is deferring funds to the state.
HEAVILY-REDACTED AUDIT FINDS MINNESOTA MEDICAID HAD WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITIES
"It's going to be $259 million of deferred payments for Medicaid to Minnesota, which we're announcing as I speak, to …
Minnesota remains frontline in Vance's 'war on fraud' as Walz given 60 days 'to clean up the systems'
Every delay has consequences.
Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration is temporarily halting Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota, giving Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz 60 days to clean up how the state doles out funding.
"We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money," Vance said Wednesday in a press event attended by Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz.
The announcement comes after President Donald Trump railed against fraud in the Gopher State Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address.
The administration and Congress have zeroed in on rampant abuse of federal taxpayers' funds since December 2025, when details of Minnesota's fraud surrounding social programs and welfare programs stretching back to the COVID-19 pandemic first came under the national spotlight. Investigators have since estimated the Minnesota scheme could top $9 billion.
JD VANCE SPEARHEADS 'WAR ON FRAUD,' PROMISES TO ROOT OUT TAXPAYER MONEY 'STOLEN' BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Trump pointed to his vice president as leading the administration's "war on fraud" amid his State of the Union remarks.
Vance explained Wednesday that "we are stopping the federal payments that will go to the state government until the state government takes its obligations seriously to stop the fraud that's being perpetrated against the American taxpayer."
The vice president continued that officials have verified that a program in Minnesota intended to provide after-school care to autistic children actually benefited fraudsters.
"A lot of people are getting rich off the generosity of American taxpayers," Vance said. "But more fundamentally, and more importantly than that, it means that there are kids in Minnesota who deserve these services, who need these services, and they're not going to those kids. They're going to fraudsters in Minneapolis. That is unacceptable. And that's the sort of thing that we're cutting off with this action today."
Oz added that it is that the pause marks "the largest action against fraud that we've ever taken" at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, before launching into how the administration is deferring funds to the state.
HEAVILY-REDACTED AUDIT FINDS MINNESOTA MEDICAID HAD WIDESPREAD VULNERABILITIES
"It's going to be $259 million of deferred payments for Medicaid to Minnesota, which we're announcing as I speak, to …
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