Minnesota’s Department of Human Services is appealing a decision by the administration of President Donald Trump to withhold more than $2 billion in Medicaid funding from the state in 14 programs deemed to be at high risk for fraud.

Federal investigators in Minnesota reveal a daily torrent of $50 million fraud schemes draining state Medicaid programs, with up to $9 billion in taxpayer funds potentially stolen since 2018. First Assistant U.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, CMS administrator, and HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill have been leading federal efforts to address concerns of fraud in the state-administered programs.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services announced on Thursday that it is freezing new provider enrollments in 13 categories of Medicaid services, which it says are at high risk for fraud. The department does not have a start date for the freeze, but it is slated to last at least six months.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has charged a man with eight counts of fraud.

Attorney General Keith Ellison announced charges against Mohamed Abdirashid Omarxeyd for defrauding the Minnesota Medicaid program.

Health policy expert calls Minnesota's social services fraud "disgusting" and warns similar Obamacare fraud is happening nationwide across multiple states.

Just hours before state leaders remarked on the situation, President Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social, saying all states with so-called sanctuary cities in them would lose all federal payments by February 1st.

The state of Minnesota, and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, are suing the Department of Homeland Security and several Trump administration officials over the massive operations involving federal law enforcement.