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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Ali Swenson and Geoff Mulvihill

Trump administration suspends funding for New York's Medicaid fraud unit

Medicaid New York - (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would freeze federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, a state agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting fraud in the safety-net government healthcare program.

In a letter sent to New York officials, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Thomas March Bell accused the state of not securing enough criminal indictments and said millions of dollars in funding would be suspended through at least Sept. 30.

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