HHS Pauses More Than $1 Billion In Medicaid Payments To California And Minnesota

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a press conference to discuss new actions HHS and the White House Anti-Fraud Task Force are taking to combat healthcare fraud, at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 21, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper