Medicaid Payment System Turned Off

[applegrove]

Medicaid Payment System Turned Off

January 28, 2025 at 2:33 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/01/28/medicaid-payment-system-turned-off/

"SNIP...........

Medicaid reimbursement portals were down Tuesday in all 50 states on the heels of a funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration of federal grants and loans, CNBC reports.

..........SNIP"

Applegrove: doesn't Medicaid also pay for kidney dialysis around the nation? This will kill millions.

[JCMach1]

1. Just going by the Presser today: it's NOT a direct payment

Soooo. Make of that what you will.

[Ocelot II]

5. What I think it means is that if the states don't get the funds

they won't be able to cover individuals. So it's a distinction without a difference.

[applegrove]

14. Who is going to accept Medicaid if they don't get paid?

[JCMach1]

19. Precisely

[samsingh]

2. we will never know if millions die. Numbers will be judged and the deaths will be

blamed on something else - perhaps NOT owning a gun killed them.

[rich7862]

31. I have to laugh at your satire about the gun. Even though the topic is horrendous.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. This will cripple hospitals, clinics, treatments,

as well as cause countless vulnerable people to die.

Bishop Buddy didn’t go far enough. He should have been condemned.

[Rebl2]

40. It will

hurt some nursing homes as well that take Medicaid.

[Dave Bowman]

4. He's becoming crazier and nastier each freaking day!

[orangecrush]

9. This is Musk's doing.

Rump is just a tool.

[Dave Bowman]

11. I'm afraid that hey are both getting worse as time goes by. :(

The Nazi salute was way over the top and Caligulump's mind is deteriorating fast.

[Cha]

16. And Putin... wants to crimple and destroy America.

[rich7862]

33. Cha: Putin does want to destroy America he wants to make it his home. That is

why he is destroying our democracy from within our country.

[Cha]

61. Yes I can believe that!!

Hopefully passionately that a way is Found to Stop them First

[orangecrush]

35. Trump's gangster daddy.

Thanks, Cha.

[Cha]

62. Mump's Insane

Megalomaniac Mass Homicidal Maniac:Needs to have the smirk wiped off his face

TY🕯️🕊️💙🇺🇸🌈

[orangecrush]

63. I hope to see that day

[Cha]

65. Talk about

REVENGE!

[Katcat]

30. Project 2025

In the works?

[orangecrush]

36. No doubt.

[TBF]

42. Absolutely - it is all coming out of Project 2025 -

The billionaires have decided that they are fine with using religion not only to win elections, but to turn back time and really make themselves some $$$. They were all in front row seats on election day. I don't think they believe most of the BS that is being shoveled, but they sure are going to profit from it. They are going to let the Heritage Foundation et al turn this country into their dystopian Christian wonderland. They don't need no hospitals, research, education, etc. "God will provide" is their mantra. They are stark-raving lunatics, bent on profit/control.

[Scalded Nun]

38. No, This is Trump's doing. He revels in the suffering of others.

He just happens to have a large group of followers and hangers-on who feel just like he does.

[TBF]

44. No it is not - Trump is their figurehead but the Republican Party and the

Heritage Foundation are behind this. Let me be crystal clear: the Republican Party owns this. We read Project 2025 before the election, and the Heritage Foundation was very proud of their handywork. They were so arrogant that they published it on their website and started recruiting. That's how they were able to roll it out so quickly. This is not just Trump and a few silly followers.

[rich7862]

32. Every one is realizing it finally.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. How does he even have the power to do this?

Is it part of legislation funding the government? Why would Congress authorize the president to stop spending when spending must originate in the Congress?

[yardwork]

24. Exactly. This is a power grab.

Write to your senators and representative. Do it now.

[Diraven]

59. Impoundment

The Supreme Court a while ago said the president doesn't have the authority to stop spending legislated by Congress, but Trump is trying with these actions to get a new case before the current ultra-conservative SC so they can reverse that and say he does have this power.

[Vinca]

7. MAGA better get prepared for granny to live under their roof rather than in the nursing home.

Medicaid also pays for that because Medicare coverage for nursing homes is minimal.

[ShazzieB]

41. MAGA and everyone else need to get ready for that.

My husband's brother died in March 2023, and my sister died in January 2024. They were both living in nursing homes, funded by Medicare/Medicaid. I'm glad they didn't live to see (and be affected by) what's happening now.

[TBF]

45. I was just thinking the same thing -

I'm glad my mom doesn't have to see this. We were fortunate to have some land to sell and then Medicare to pay for her nursing care. She was in a very caring facility. Others are not going to be so lucky.

[tulipsandroses]

8. Any loss of life/further medical complications should be laid at his feet. It can also devastate businesses.

The Change cyber attack last year was a big blow for many health care providers, hospitals, and pharmacies. Many small clinics, independent providers are not able to sustain these financial attacks. After the cyber attacks, people were taking out loans to make payroll, pay rent and other business expenses.

[Dave Bowman]

12. People should sue him to death, it's the only thing that he understands.

[femmedem]

10. Not as horrific as the loss of medical treatment, of course, but it will also cause unemployment to spike.

I expect that a lot of medical professionals will be laid off--on top of the government employees, researchers, clean energy workers and construction workers who are also vulnerable to layoffs.

[Captain Zero]

17. Nursing home workers?

So he is just leaving seniors in Nursing homes unattended ??

If one senior in a nursing home dies, Trump should be taken out and shot.

[femmedem]

25. Oh no. It hadn't dawned on me it would affect their payment, too. n/t

[Bengus81]

47. I think most will just shut down. Those nurses will be out of a job

Even that won't wake any up that are MAGOTS......

[Blue Full Moon]

54. He already worked on that day one

He removed minimum staffing requirements

[Mountain Mule]

13. I will be one of the millions who will die for lack of medical care

I became disabled in my 50's. Medical bills and a divorce left me penniless. Now at age 73 I get by on a tiny SS check and a housing voucher. My healthcare is (was?) covered by Medicaid/Medicare. I am supposed to have cataract surgery in February since I'm all but blind in one eye. Without Medicaid I may very well go completely blind and I won't have the money to cover the cost of my prescriptions.

Trump is trying to become a mass murderer.

[pazzyanne]

58. I will be one of the millions who will die for lack of medical care also.

Medicaid pays for my treatment for my fatal autoimmune disease. That treatment has kept me in remission for 10+ years.

[Mountain Mule]

66. I am so sorry

It's bad enough for those of us suffering from serious medical conditions. Now we get to lay awake at night and wonder what on earth we are going to do. It's like Trump is gaming us because he enjoys watching people suffer. Truly, he is a monster.

[pazzyanne]

67. Yes, he is.

I discussed this last week with my Primary Care Physician about my possible dying in the near future. She said the medical community is working on this because there are hundreds of patients in the same boat that we are in. Horrible situation! They have been told they need to find "creative solutions" and working on finding "out of the box" plans. Financing is a major problem, no surprise there.

[Andy823]

15. So how many trump followers

are going to be pissed about this?

[Wingus Dingus]

18. None--they want people they dislike to suffer, this pleases them, even

if they're inconvenienced or financially hurt.

[Bengus81]

48. Yeah...hell they DIED for that spray tan POS during Covid

Instead of simply staying apart for a time and then getting vaxxed.

[Mountain Mule]

21. If its not reported on Fox, it didn't happen

If it is reported they will be dancing in the streets and on the graves of thousands.

[chicoescuela]

26. this statement is 100% true

[Cha]

20. Sadistic Monsters want to Kill America and

Americans. I actually figured this was coming.. just not so soon..

Good Luck to everybody on Medicaid!

[Mountain Mule]

23. Thank you

As a Medicaid recipient I am feeling pretty overwhelmed right now. My medical care is vanishing right in front of my eyes.

[Cha]

28. I know.. it's Heart Breaking! I read your post Mountain Mule

and I'm so Sorry:!

[Mountain Mule]

29. Most kind - thank you!

[Cha]

57. You're Very Welcome 🕯️🕊️💚🌈

[NameAlreadyTaken]

22. 79,308,002 people are enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP

And by the way, approximately 20,524,000 people are enrolled in Marketplace ACA plans. Oh, and according to the CMS, approximately 68 million people are enrolled in Medicare.

That's a total of 167,832,002 people who have health insurance provided or subsidized by the federal government, or approximately half of the entire U.S. population.

Are Trump & Co. going to try to shut this all down?

[Doodley]

27. If that all shut down, there would be an uprising, including MAGA voters who would be affected.

[Wiz Imp]

34. Politics White House says Medicaid portal 'will be back online shortly'

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/trump-funding-freeze-medicaid-state-portals-omb.html

White House says Medicaid portal ‘will be back online shortly’ after Trump funding freeze blamed

Medicaid reimbursement portals were down Tuesday in every U.S. state after the Trump administration ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, a senator said.

But the White House later said it expected the systems to “be back online shortly” without any effect on payments.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt later wrote in a tweet, “The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage.”

“We have confirmed no payments have been affected — they are still being processed and sent,” Leavitt said. “We expect the portal will be back online shortly.”

I honestly think this was incompetence more than anything. Social Security and Medicare were explicitly exempted from the funding freeze. My bet is nobody in the Trump administration even considered the impact on Medicaid until people like Senator Wyden screamed about it, then they realized it was a PR disaster and quickly reversed course.

[Wiz Imp]

39. Actually, Medicaid was specifically supposed to be exempted from the freeze as well.

More proof that his was just colossal incompetence from the Trump administration.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-federal-funding-freeze-widespread-confusion-rcna189581

Trump's funding freeze creates widespread confusion

Funding for programs that provide direct assistance to Americans would be excluded from the pause and exempt from the review process, the senior administration official said. Those programs include Medicaid, food stamps, small business assistance, Head Start, rental assistance and federal Pell Grants for college students, according to a memo sent out Tuesday afternoon by OMB.

[Bengus81]

49. Maybe they em..."accidentally" shut Medicaid down as a test

to see what the outrage level would be.

[Wiz Imp]

52. I wouldn't rule that out, but given they announced ahead of time Medicaid would not be affected

and given Trump's track record of "hiring only the best" people, I'm confident this can be blamed on good old fashioned massive incompetence.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-federal-funding-freeze-widespread-confusion-rcna189581

Trump's funding freeze creates widespread confusion

Funding for programs that provide direct assistance to Americans would be excluded from the pause and exempt from the review process, the senior administration official said. Those programs include Medicaid, food stamps, small business assistance, Head Start, rental assistance and federal Pell Grants for college students, according to a memo sent out Tuesday afternoon by OMB.

[Emile]

37. Fascists have no shame.

[angrychair]

43. Sounds like most Republicans are ok with it

Saw an article where some House member from Oklahoma said it was perfectly in their rights to stop funding anything they don't want to fund.

One of the craziest things I've ever heard a Republican say because we all know that sentiment only applies to a Republican administration.

[Bengus81]

50. While that House members insurance and pension are safe and sound

Pretty fucking easy to make statements like that when they know their life doesn't hang in the balance.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

51. Democrats: 'Insane' Trump power grab on federal grants 'blatantly disobeys the law'

Federal grants finance much of modern American life. If Team Trump simply stops the money from flowing, the consequences are difficult to measure.
https://bsky.app/profile/actiontogethernj.bsky.social/post/3lgsmt42wns2y

Democrats: 'Insane' Trump power grab on federal grants ‘blatantly disobeys the law’
Federal grants finance much of modern American life. If Team Trump simply stops the money from flowing, the consequences are difficult to measure.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/democrats-insane-trump-power-grab-federal-grants-blatantly-disobeys-la-rcna189562

The consequences of the Trump administration’s decision to halt almost all foreign aid continue to reverberate. The New York Times reported last week that the freeze is affecting international programs “aimed at alleviating hunger, disease and wartime suffering around the globe, as well as ones that help nations with economic development.”

It’s against this backdrop that the White House is apparently halting domestic grants, too. NBC News reported:

President Donald Trump has ordered a freeze to domestic and foreign federal aid in a sweeping effort to stop government funding for causes that don’t fit with his agenda. A memo sent out Monday night from Matthew J. Vaeth, acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the changes would go into effect Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET and relate to a string of executive orders Trump has signed since taking office last week.

The existence of the memo was first reported by Marisa Kabas, a New York-based journalist who published the document on Bluesky......

It is not a secret that Trump and his team, after running on an authoritarian-style campaign platform, want to wrestle control over the power of the purse, shifting authority from Congress to the White House, despite the framework of our constitutional system of government. It’s precisely why there’s been so much discussion of late about the Impoundment Control Act.

We’re now starting to see what those ambitions look like when pursued as a matter of government policy.,,,

What’s more, Schumer’s statement, referring to administration officials, added, “They say this is only temporary, but no one should believe that.”

As for the potential political impact, a Politico report noted that in the coming days, “we’re going to discover the full range of programs, projects and initiatives whose funds have suddenly been blocked. And given the sweeping scale of the order, it seems unlikely these will all be glowingly liberal, woke-tastic DEI projects in coastal America. This order is going to affect communities the length and breadth of the country.

“Be careful what you wish for, Mr. President.”

[Javaman]

53. next will be medicare.

then they will reintroduce a new for profit version.

it's coming.

they are literally stealing the food out of peoples mouths.

[choie]

55. He's trying to terrorize us.

[mntleo2]

56. Trump is a ...

big fat **g. His "trough feeders and he are freaks, deadbeat tax payors and greedy bastards

[Passages]

60. Incredible pain to inflict on people.

Dems will respond tomorrow, as reported. It should be today.

[Strelnikov_]

64. Medicaid pays for 60% of Nursing Home residents

Better call Cooter Bob red hat to pick up MawPaw from the home.