Minnesota's Medicaid Freeze Won't Thaw Anytime Soon

CBS Minnesota

May 22, 2026

The Medicaid freeze impacting over a million Minnesotans doesn't look to be thawing anytime soon.

About $350 million in Medicaid for Minnesota has been deferred so far.

On Thursday, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, addressed the freeze as part of a larger Department of Justice news conference related to recent criminal indictments for fraud cases in Minnesota. He said state leaders haven't done a good enough job to get the deferred money flowing again.

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