Does Donald Trump's Funding Freeze Impact Medicaid? What We Know
Just one day after the White House announced the federal funding freeze, the Medicaid payment portal went down, according to Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Payment System That Provides Medicaid Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say
The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty for patients, doctors, hospitals and others.
Mass. is suing over federal funding freeze as Medicaid system appears to be down
A judge temporarily blocked the freeze, which the White House says doesn't affect individuals, but federal payment portals are glitching.
Medicaid Portals Down After Donald Trump Funding Freeze
After President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, Medicaid's portals went down Tuesday afternoon, causing recipients to panic about their health insurance coverage. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the Medicaid outage Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, but said payments would not be impacted.
Illinois, Other States Temporarily Lost Access to Medicaid Portal Amid Funding Freeze
Medicaid, the health care program for low-income people and families, is jointly administered by the federal and state government, which also share costs.
Medicaid Portals Are Down Across All 50 States Amid Trump Funding 'Pause'
After declining to name Medicaid as a program safe from the Trump administration's woke "freeze," press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the sites should be back up shortly.
Medicaid portals down in all 50 states after Trump funding freeze, Sen. Wyden says
Medicaid reimbursement portals were down in all 50 states on the heels of a funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration of federal grants and loans, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said. The shutdown in access to the Medicaid system came a day after the acting Office of Management and Budget Director Matthew Vaeth issued a memo ordering a "Temporary Pause of Agency Grant,
States say Medicaid access cut, White House says no payments disrupted
At least three U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid payment portal after the ...
White House blames "outage" for locking Medicaid out of funding site
The online system for federal health funding warned of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration ...
Why is the Medicaid website portal down? Are payments affected?
The Medicaid website is down, but the portal is expected to be back up shortly, according to the White House Press Secretary ...
Trump’s federal grant pause creates confusion over Medicaid funding
The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday.
Cutting Medicaid, Taxing Scholarships and Killing Invasive Plants: A Guide to the G.O.P. Wishlist
Chief among congressional Republicans’ priorities is an extension of the 2017 tax law, most of which is set to expire at the ...
From Medicaid to student loans, scope of Trump budget gambit leaves Americans scrambling
The memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget said that the hold would not impact Medicare, Social Security ...
NC Medicaid could face risk from congressional GOP ideas to fund tax cuts, immigration
This safeguard now puts Medicaid expansion, which became law in the state in 2023, at risk, as congressional Republicans are ...
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Georgia Democrats hopeful after Republican colleagues cross party lines to co-sponsor Medicaid expansion bill
Democrats in Georgia are the minority at the State Capitol. They’ve long pushed for Medicaid expansion and gun safety ...