RFK Jr pauses $1bn Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota

Jul 21, 2026 - 16:50
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RFK Jr pauses $1bn Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota

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The Trump administration has paused more than $1bn in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota, citing “suspected fraud and noncompliance” – withholding of funding that follows a $243m pause in Medicaid payments to Minnesota earlier this year.

“If those states want that money, they need to provide documentation that these payments are legitimate,” said Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said at a press conference on Tuesday.

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