Sens. Gillibrand, Schumer call on Trump admin to end ‘crusade’ against NY, other blue states’ Medicaid funding

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WASHINGTON — Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are calling on the Trump administration to end its “crusade” of threatening Medicaid funding for blue states over fraud concerns. In a Thursday letter, Gillibrand, Schumer and other Democratic senators wrote that the heavy focus on fraud is misplaced, given that Medicaid programs are already audited — though some of those programs have shown states being reimbursed don’t have proper safeguards in place. The freezing of