By 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.”
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.
The memo requires federal agencies to identify and review all federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with President Donald Trump’s policies.
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.
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