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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Oz announce the latest Medicaid funding freeze. Photo: Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Trump administration is halting more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota until the states take more steps to investigate questionable claims, federal health officials said on Tuesday.
Why it matters: The moves continue a series of freezes to blue states' funding as part of the administration's crackdown on fraud.
