April 30, 2026 at 6:17 pm The federal government is deferring more Medicaid funding to Minnesota days after the FBI raided autism and child care sites across the Twin Cities amid ongoing probes into social services fraud. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said on X that his agency told Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday that it’s deferring an additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funding to the state. Oz’s announcement is the latest federal response to a local fraud scandal that’s thrust Minnesota into the national spotlight — and jeopardized essential social services for thousands of vulnerable residents. “Minnesota state-run programs have raised serious red flags,” Oz said in a video.…