WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance announced new efforts to combat fraud nationwide during a press conference on Feb. 25 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building with Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator.
The federal government is temporarily deferring $259 million in Medicaid payments to the state of Minnesota, citing widespread fraud. Gov. Tim Walz has 60 days to respond.
“What we’re doing is 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,” said Vance, chair of the White House anti-fraud task force….
Vance Announces New Phase of Fraud Investigations, Withholds $259 Million in Medicaid Funds From Minnesota
