BREAKING: Vance, Oz to withhold Medicaid funds from Minnesota in 'war on fraud'

[mystery-ak]

     Feb 25, 2026

BREAKING: Vance, Oz to withhold Medicaid funds from Minnesota in 'war on fraud'

Funds are being halted "to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money."

Hayden Cunningham
Feb 25, 2026 2 minute read

Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration will temporarily halt certain Medicaid funding to Minnesota as part of its effort to combat rampant fraud in the state.

"We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money,” Vance said on Wednesday.

https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/2026779021736804776

Vance explained that the providers in Minnesota have already been paid, and the Trump administration is halting federal payments that will go to the state government until it "takes its obligations seriously to stop the fraud that is being perpetrated against the American taxpayers." He made the funding announcement alongside Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-vance-oz-to-withhold-medicaid-funds-from-minnesota-in-war-on-fraud

[rangerrebew]

 
Federal Gov't to Withhold $260 Million in Aid to Minnesota Until Tim Walz Cleans His State Up

 By C. Douglas Golden
  February 26, 2026 at 7:28am
Until Minnesota learns to get fraud under control, it can count on getting a whole lot less Medicaid funds.

In an announcement that tracks with President Donald Trump’s promise to stop needless fraud from sapping taxpayer money in the State of the Union — and his appointment of Vice President J.D. Vance to lead the fight against it — Vance said Wednesday night that the administration would be withholding roughly $260 million in federal funds from Minnesota.

The state was at the center of a massive affinity fraud scheme which likely cost taxpayers billions of dollars and revolved around the Somali community in the state.

https://www.westernjournal.com/federal-govt-withhold-260-million-aid-minnesota-tim-walz-cleans-state/

[rangerrebew]

If he is going to  clean up Minnesota, he's going to have to start pleading the 5th Amendment right now.

[Smokin Joe]

If he is going to  clean up Minnesota, he's going to have to start pleading the 5th Amendment right now.

Well, he isn't running for reelection.

That's a small start.