Medicaid portals down in all 50 states after Trump funding freeze, Sen. Wyden says

[ForgoTheConsequence]

Source: CNBC

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, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said.

Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, separately said that his state’s “Medicaid payment system has been turned off.”

“Doctors and hospitals cannot get paid,” Murphy wrote in a tweet. “Discussions ongoing about whether services can continue.”

As of October, there were 72,058,701 Americans enrolled in Medicaid, which provides health coverage to primarily low-income people, in addition to pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and states.

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, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs.

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White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, speaking at a news conference Tuesday, said, “I’ll check back on that and get back to you,” when asked if Medicaid payments were affected by the OMB order.

Murphy fired back at Leavitt in a tweet, writing, “72 MILLION people rely on this health insurance and you have to get back to us?!? Are you f****** kidding me?”



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

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

1. J wonder how many of trump voters...

depend on medicaid.

[StarryNite]

4. I don't know but I bet the leopards are feasting.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. I wondered the same thing. How many of that seventy-two million voted for Trump.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Or didn't bother to vote but think he's swell. ❤️

[Exp]

5. Voters sent in the clowns. Now surprised to see a circus? nt

[33taw]

7. Millions of seniors in nursing homes and assisted living.

[Magoo48]

9. I live in a large retirement community. This will knock the shit outta many of my neighbors.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

8. This is not a time to gloat.

We don't know the percentage of adults on Medicaid who voted for Trump. This is tragic and outrageous.

[Skittles]

15. indeed

there will be many people in crisis, many of them children

[Katcat]

17. Well

Friends of mine are both on Medicaid. Both of them just qualified last year and are I. The process of getting their dentures after their teeth were pulled. She called me crying earlier because of this mess! DJT is a really horrible person

[neurochaos]

19. Too many weak-kneed Democrats...

This is the time to gloat. Some of the very people who said they hated Kamala, and love the taste of "leftist tears" are some of the same people who are worried now and crying about what the convicted felon president is doing. We knew all along that all of us was going to catch Hell but I find some satisfaction in seeing the right-wing haters begin to suffer with what they voted for.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

21. I don't celebrate kids starving or not being able to see a doctor.

It's not weak, it's looking evil dead in the face and calling it what it is. There are people in this very thread who are suffering because of this.

[electric_blue68]

20. I'm in a Medicaid assisted living place...

Not consistently anxietious...yet. Did have a stressed bout a few days ago. Ohhh, boy.

[in2herbs]

10. This isn't something the Ds couldn't have foreseen and had attorneys ready ASAP to seek an injunction?

[LiberalArkie]

11. The biggy for the Trump voters will be the Meals On Wheels. It is a grant to social organizations not to an

individual

[Norrrm]

12. "Keep the government out of Medicare"... Conservative protest sign during Obamacare protests.

[Jughead]

13. I'm sure

This only affects the libs right? MAGA’a don’t use Medicare.

[Dixiegrrrl]

14. This will destroy health services to low income people

I doubt Medicare will be far behind.
Medicaid makes up part of most medical funding for medical services that use other insurance income, like Medicare and private insurance.
I don't expect Medicare to remain safe following this move. He is basically targeting retirees, seniors, low income families, which includes us boomers and most disabled patients.

[Paladin]

16. Fuck this noise!

If Medicaid is being disabled in any fashion, it's time for us to be in the streets, protesting---millions of us.

I am old, feeble, and heavily reliant on Medicaid---but I'll damn sure show up. Enough, already.