What’s going on with Minnesota Medicaid funding?
The Trump administration recently said it’s permanently denying over $112 million of Medicaid money to Minnesota, part of the $259 million it had threatened to claw back in February. The denied payments are for services provided from July 2025 to September 2025 and have largely been paid out. Minnesota will now be on the hook for paying that money back, unless the denials are somehow reversed. The federal government has repeatedly threatened to freeze or claw back payments, but this sum is the first time the administration has permanently denied payments. It’s the latest episode ...
