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Administration threatens to withhold Medicaid funding over fraud prosecutions
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- The Trump administration is escalating its fight against alleged fraud by withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California over hospice care.
- Vice President JD Vance threatened to suspend federal funding to all states if they don t aggressively prosecute fraud in their Medicaid programs.
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Link copied by Nathaniel Weixel and Joseph Choi - 05/13/26 6:54 PM ET Link copied Presented by Lilly{beacon}
The Trump administration is escalating its fight against alleged fraud by withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California over hospice care.
Vice President JD Vance threatened to suspend federal funding to all states if they don t aggressively prosecute fraud in their Medicaid programs.
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