US EditionWalz Unveils Antifraud Package After Trump Administration Freezes Minnesota Medicaid Funds
Gov. Walz's 18-point plan aims to improve fraud detection, enforcement, and oversight after federal pause of $259 million in Medicaid payments due to fraud concerns.
- On Thursday, Gov. Tim Walz unveiled an 18-point anti-fraud legislative package after federal officials paused Medicaid payments to Minnesota, aiming to improve detection, strengthen investigations and raise penalties.
- Walz long pursued reforms that predated the federal move as Minnesota DHS implemented changes since 2024 and Program Integrity Director Tim O'Malley documented decades of failures last year.
- Walz detailed measures that include creating a centralized statewide Office of Inspector General, expanding audits, analytics and site visits, and raising penalties by 20% for theft of public funds.
- Federal officials gave Minnesota 60 days to respond, and Walz and Ellison will testify before the U.S. House Oversight Committee on March 4, 2026, amid potential harm to over 1.2 million residents.
- Amid partisan debate, Minnesota Legislature is weighing proposals, with Senate SF856 passed last year and House approval stalled, as Gov. Tim Walz hopes for bipartisan acceptance.
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By presenting an anti-fraud package, Tim Walz aims to recover $259.5 million in Medicaid funds suspended to Minnesota
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Walz Calls Medicaid Freeze Out for What It Is: Another Layer Of Trump’s ‘Campaign of Retribution’
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz rolled out a sweeping new anti-fraud package he plans to ask his state legislature to pass just one day after Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration would freeze $259 million in Medicaid funding for Minnesota. During a press conference announcing the package, which he claimed the Trump administration knew about, he called Vance’s actions “totally illegal and unprecedented” and another prong of Tru…
Walz Unveils Anti-Fraud Plan as Trump Cuts Medicaid Funds
St. Paul, Minnesota — Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday unveiled an 18-part anti-fraud package for the 2026 legislative session while sharply criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to cut $259 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota. At a Capitol press briefing, Walz proposed reforms including banning legislators from directing funds to specific nonprofits and creating a centralized Office of Inspector General to oversee state spending…
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