Trump admin freezes more than $1 billion in Medicaid funds

The Trump administration is halting over $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota until they investigate questionable claims, federal health officials said Tuesday. CMS is deferring about $867.5 million to California and $199 million to Minnesota after financial reviews found unsupported in-home care claims. HHS will expand authority to remove bad actors from federal health programs.