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.
What we can VERIFY about whether the federal funding freeze affects Medicaid
The White House confirmed the website for Medicaid payments was down a day after announcing a pause on federal grants and loans.
State Medicaid payments inaccessible amid broader federal funding freeze
Karoline Leavitt confirmed Tuesday afternoon the downed portals after multiple reports from lawmakers that their states could not get access to Medicaid dollars.
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.
White House says Medicaid portal 'will be back online shortly' after Trump funding freeze blamed
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,
Is Medicaid Frozen? Update Amid Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze
After the White House announced a temporary pause on certain federal funds and loan programs, the Medicaid portal shut down for users around the U.S.
RI federal judge extends temporary restraining order against Trump funding freeze
The case is scheduled to reconvene in-person at the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island on Feb. 21, at the request of several state attorneys general to offline.
Judge Denies Trump Bid to Toss Out Suit Over Funding Freeze
The Trump administration offered “no rationale” for cutting off potentially trillions of dollars in federal funding of grants, loans and other financial assistance to recipients nationwide with less than 24 hours notice to conduct an ideological review,
Trump’s Funding Freeze Hits Its First Targets: Young Kids
Donald Trump’s federal government funding freeze is hurting the Head Start program, despite a court order blocking the freeze last week. In multiple states, the early childhood education program’s offices are getting error messages when they try to access the accounts used to request funds,
Trump DOJ says 'ambiguous' federal court order doesn’t invalidate funding freeze
When the Trump Administration announced a federal funding freeze, Democratic attorneys general in 22 different states responded with lawsuits. Many opponents of the freeze argued that it was illegal,
White House claims Medicaid payments won’t be affected by funding freeze
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took to social media to clarify that state Medicaid portals are still being ...
Kentucky depends heavily on federal funding. Trump's cuts will be devastating. | Opinion
Trump's federal funding freeze gave us a glimpse of what's to come if Congress permanently cuts the federal budget. It won't be good for Kentucky.