# RFK Jr. Announces Freeze on $1B in Medicaid Payments to California & Minnesota | The States

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Podcast: [The States](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-center-square-daily-6742680)
Published: 2026-07-22T21:00:00+00:00
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Illinois Attorney General race, suspected Medicaid fraud, California's billionaires' tax, and governors' across the country speak. Illinois Republican AG candidate Bob Fioretti called for Democratic State Rep. Carol Ammons and her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, to resign following federal corruption charges against them, and said the incumbent AG's office has been too hands-off on public corruption cases, including the Michael Madigan prosecution. Fioretti criticized incumbent AG Kwame Raoul for joining more than 65 multistate lawsuits against the Trump administration and for receiving campaign contributions from Governor Pritzker, Madigan-linked sources, and ComEd-connected entities. Also, in this episode: Trump-endorsed Republicans won several Arizona primaries, including Andy Biggs defeating David Schweikert for governor and Warren Peterson defeating Rodney Glassman for attorney general nominee; Biggs will face Governor Katie Hobbs in November. The Trump administration paused more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California ($867 million) and Minnesota ($200 million) over suspected fraud, including $391 million tied to California's in-home services spending, which HHS says grew 24% over two years — double the rate of other states. Governor Gavin Newsom called the move politicized and said California is cooperating with documentation requests, while HHS officials said Minnesota has already submitted records for review and California's case remains more complex. Khalid Ahmed Sateri, accused of orchestrating a $547 million Medicare fraud scheme through diagnostic labs in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Georgia, was captured overseas and returned to the U.S. after nearly four years as a fugitive. An attorney representing wealthy clients said billionaires…

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