WIRE — WASHINGTON — 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. Kennedy said during a press conference that HHS is "not sending Medicaid or Medicare dollars out... This article Trump Admin Freezing Over $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To Two Blue States was originally created by Converseer.

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