
White House says Medicaid portal ‘will be back online shortly’ after Trump funding freeze blamed
2025-01-28 09:34:52 source:CNBC
Janurary 28, 2025
Medicaid reimbursement portals went 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.
“My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night’s federal funding freeze,” Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote in a post on the social media site X.
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