Minnesota’s spending doubled across 14 Medicaid programs at ‘high risk’ of fraud in past 5 years

By: Alyssa Chen, Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: April 21, 2026

Words: 1,506

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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Minnesota’s spending across 14 Medicaid programs more than doubled in the five years before the Walz administration deemed them “high risk” for fraud, waste and abuse — and began taking drastic measures to rein in spending.

Total spending across the programs, which include therapy for autistic children and services helping disabled people live independently, increased from $2.06 billion in 2021 to $4.32 billion in 2025, according to annual spending data from the Department of Human …

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