US health secretary Kennedy says CMS is pausing Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks while U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
July 21 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota "because of suspected fraud and noncompliance," U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said on Tuesday. "If those states want that money they need to provide documentations that these payments are legitimate," Kennedy said at a news conference. (Reporting by Puyaan Singh
July 21 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota "because of suspected fraud and noncompliance," U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said on Tuesday.
"If those states want that money they need to provide documentations that these payments are legitimate," Kennedy said at a news conference.
(Reporting by Puyaan Singh in Bengaluru and Ahmed Aboulenein; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)