A state -of -country Medicade Program reported that Trump has lost access to the federal payment portal one day after the announcement of federal subsidies and assistance.
Until late afternoon, all states, including Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina, confirmed that they had regained access to the portal, but reported on the progress.
On Monday, MATTHEW VAETH of the Administrative Budget (OMB) must stop “all activities related to all federal financial support or expenditure” for “scope recognized by the applied law”. I issued a memo.
The state's Medicade Program reported on Tuesday that it was blocking access to the portal that provides federal funding.
Senator Ron Widen (D-ORE.) Won Social platform X“My staff reported that the medicade portal was decreasing in all 50 states following the freezing of federal funding last night, which is a million Americans overnight. It is a blatant attempt to tear insurance and will kill people.
Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FLA) and Senator Brian Shawaz (D-HAWAII) also shared the state of losing access, and confirmed the suspension to multiple states. did.
White House's spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt wrote to X on Tuesday afternoon that the White House was “recognizing the suspension of Medicade's website portal.” “Payment has not been affected. Not confirmed -it has been processed and sent. “
“I expect the portal to return to online soon,” she added.
The suspension is in a wider range of concerns about how the Trump freezing against the federal aid will affect government services.
The OMB memo issued on Tuesday states: “Programs that provide direct profits to Americans are explicitly excluded from the suspension and are exempted from this review process. In addition to social security and med care, they are already explicitly excluded in guidance. , Mando -programs such as Medicade and SNAP will continue without pause.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Lebit claimed that Medicade would not be affected, but she said when she was asked to guarantee that Medicade would not be able to cut off. “
According to Medicaid.govAbout 80 million in the United States was registered in the Medicade and Child's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in October 2024. Over 37 million children were registered in both programs.
According to the Massachusett State Health and Welfare Bureau, “Payment Management System (PMS) has several delays /system access issues, but it is unknown whether this is related to OMB memo or accidental one. The other state reported the same problem with PMS. “MASSHEALTH has not stopped paying the provider, plan, or other recipients.”
Melanie Cleveland, a communication director of Alabama Medicade Agency, tells Hill:
“I can't access the payment management system,” said Christine Stuart, Deputy Director of Communication, the Connecticut Social Service Bureau.
The spokesman of the Arizona Helscare Care Cost Cost System (AHCCCS) said, “This means that it is currently being closed out of the federal payment management system. This is now AHCCCS our non -funds. It means that the federal government cannot be reduced.
The Ministry of Health of Alaska stated that access to the portal is currently working normally.
Updated at 6:02 pm in the eastern standard time
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