White House confirms Medicaid portals ‘outage’ but claims no payments affected – live

Medicaid portals aren’t working across the country despite Trump administration claiming it wouldn’t be part of order freezing federal fundingTrump administration sued over pause on federal grants and loansBernie Sanders blasts Trump for federal grants freeze: ‘He is not a king’Senator Patty Murray, of Washington, and Connecticut congresswoman Rosa DeLauro – top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees – reacted to the memo ordering a pause on federal grant money with shock.“The scope of what you are ordering is breathtaking, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country,” they wrote. Continue reading...

White House confirms Medicaid portals ‘outage’ but claims no payments affected – live

Medicaid portals aren’t working across the country despite Trump administration claiming it wouldn’t be part of order freezing federal funding

Senator Patty Murray, of Washington, and Connecticut congresswoman Rosa DeLauro – top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees – reacted to the memo ordering a pause on federal grant money with shock.

“The scope of what you are ordering is breathtaking, unprecedented, and will have devastating consequences across the country,” they wrote. Continue reading...