Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze Shuts Down Medicaid Portals, States Report

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The Trump administration has frozen trillions of dollars in federal funding, causing Medicaid portals in all 50 states to go down, according to lawmakers and state officials. Medicaid, a joint insurance program between states and the federal government, provides health insurance to over one in five Americans, or about 69 million people. Meanwhile, Medicare, a federal health insurance program for seniors and the disabled, has been exempted from this funding freeze.

Medicaid Portals Down Nationwide Following Federal Funding Freeze

Following the Trump administration’s decision to freeze trillions in federal funding, Medicaid portals are reportedly down nationwide, a move seen by many as targeting “wokeness” within federal governance. Medicaid, a joint state and federal health insurance program for low-income individuals, insures over one in five Americans, almost 50% being children.

Reports of downed Medicaid portals in all 50 states were confirmed by Senator Ron Wyden’s staff after the federal funding freeze. “This is a blatant attempt to rip away healthcare from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed,” Wyden stated in a Tuesday social media post.

Interestingly, the funding freeze bypassed Medicare, a federal health insurance program catering to 47 million seniors and disabled individuals. Additional details to follow shortly.

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