Healthcare DIVE January 28, 2025
Rebecca Pifer

Other payment systems also appear to be offline, suggesting a broader shutdown of federal portals related to grants and funding.

Multiple lawmakers in Congress reported Tuesday that states are being shut out of Medicaid payment portals after the Trump administration enacted a freeze on all federal financial assistance — despite a new White House fact sheet saying Medicaid is not subject to the pause.

Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states, according to a post on X from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. Wyden called it a “blatant attempt to rip away health insurance from millions of Americans overnight” that “will get people killed.”

Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida...

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