JD Vance threatens health funding to states that don’t comply with White House anti-fraud effort

JD Vance has threatened to “turn off” federal funding for government health insurance programs in states that refuse to comply with the Trump administration ’s crackdown on suspected fraud. States which fail to “get serious” about fraud would lose Medicaid and Medicare funding, the US vice-president announced on Wednesday, sparking fresh accusations that Trump officials are using unfounded allegations to punish political rivals. …