Medicaid reimbursement portals have reportedly experienced outages across all U.S. states following a funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration affecting federal grants and loans, according to Senator Ron Wyden.
In a post on social media platform X, the Oregon Democrat confirmed that his staff had received reports of the situation impacting all 50 states.
Wyden expressed concern, stating, “This is a blatant attempt to rip away health insurance from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.”
Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut also highlighted the issue, noting that the state’s Medicaid payment system has been disabled.
He emphasized the impact on healthcare providers, tweeting, “Doctors and hospitals cannot get paid,” while indicating that discussions are ongoing about the continuity of services.
Additionally, Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii referred to the situation as a “Trump shutdown,” describing it as unlawful in his own tweet.
The widespread disruption raises significant concerns about the health insurance coverage and payment systems for millions of Americans.
According to the Mirror, Donald Trump’s newest Press secretary/mouthpiece, Karoline Leavitt, held her first press conference at 1 p.m. and was repeatedly pressed by the media on which programs would be affected.
Unable to answer, Leavitt repeated that Donald Trump’s executive order “will not impact individuals who receive direct assistance,” but could not specify which programs will remain on the table.
“I have now been asked and answered this question 4 times to individuals at home who receive direct assistance from the federal government; you will not be impacted by this federal freeze,” Leavitt repeated again and offered to get the press a list of programs once it is available.
She would not go on the record to ensure that individuals on Medicaid would not be affected.
Medicare is now trending on X, as individuals are trying to learn whether its a website error or a purposeful lockout by the federal administration.
