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Trump admin withholds $1.3 B Medicaid, freezes hospice enrollments.

5/14/2026

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Trump Medicaid Deferral

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration announced the largest Medicaid payment deferral ever, withholding $1.3 billion from California.
Vice President JD Vance confirmed the $1.3 billion deferral and a six-month freeze on Medicare hospice and home-health enrollments.
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said deferral targets $630 million in billing, $500 million in home-health services.
The administration warned states that not prosecuting Medicaid fraud could risk Fraud Control Unit funding.

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Trump Medicaid Deferral

Organizers highlighted a Judeo-Christian focus, restricting participation of other faiths to a modest presence.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a $1.3 billion Medicaid payment deferral from California, the largest in history.
Reverend Paula White-Cain, Trump’s spiritual adviser, said the festival will exclude prayers to other gods.
Bishop Robert Barron, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik were only non-Protestant leaders invited.

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Trump Medicaid Deferral

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration announced the largest Medicaid payment deferral ever, withholding $1.3 billion from California.
Vice President JD Vance confirmed the $1.3 billion deferral and a six-month freeze on Medicare hospice and home-health enrollments.
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said deferral targets $630 million in billing, $500 million in home-health services.
The administration warned states that not prosecuting Medicaid fraud could risk Fraud Control Unit funding.

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