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JD Vance issues ultimatum to 50 states: Crack down on fraud or Trump admin will cut Medicaid funding

WASHINGTON— Vice President JD Vance is preparing to announce an ultimatum threatening to withhold federal reimbursement of Medicaid expenses to all 50 states if they fail to comply with anti-fraud safeguards.

Vance, chairman of President Trump’s anti-fraud task force, is expected to make the announcement at an event at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

The threat, which will be communicated in a letter from Health and Human Services inspector general Thomas Bell, is paired with a new nationwide audit of state-level fraud control units for the low-income medical insurance program, the Wall Street Journal reports

The Post previously first-reported in February that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would withhold reimbursement of $259.5 million in Medicaid funds for Minnesota for 14 programs identified as having a high risk of fraud, including autism care, at-home rehabilitation, non-emergency medical transports and night supervision.

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