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- U.S. President Donald Trump is pausing $867.5 million for California and $199 million for Minnesota.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said states must document claims, while CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz warned billing for deceased patients as a red flag.
- Governors Gavin Newsom and Tim Walz called the pause motivated and pledged to provide data.
- Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force is targeting misuse of federal health dollars, prompting the deferrals.
