CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES: Federal Government’s Attacks on Medicaid Are a Pretext to Weaken the Program and Punish Particular States
The Trump Administration is reportedly using claims of "fraud, waste, and abuse" as a pretext to withhold billions in Medicaid funding from Democratic-led states, with a primary focus on Minnesota. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the federal government has deployed unprecedented legal maneuvers—including a rarely used compliance action and the deferral of hundreds of millions of dollars—that specifically target home- and community-based services for seniors and people with disabilities. Critics argue these actions are politically motivated weaponizations of oversight intended to punish states that provide health coverage to immigrants and to destabilize programs that help low-income residents meet basic needs.
