While several Democrats expressed outrage over the possibility that President Donald Trump’s temporary federal spending freeze could threaten Medicaid funding, they remained silent amid reports of the Biden-Harris administration’s Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) seemingly “targeting” certain red states with Medicaid program audits.
The Trump-Vance administration ordered a temporary federal spending freeze on Monday, though a federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden issued a temporary injunction against it the following day. Though the freeze was met with immediate backlash from many Democrats, few called attention to a government watchdog report that accused the Biden-Harris administration of unfairly targeting red states with burdensome regulations which could threaten Medicaid funding if the states were unable to fully comply.
