U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is sounding the alarm after reports confirmed that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states, following the announcement of a freeze on federal grants and loans. "My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze,

Medicaid reimbursement portals were down 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. 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,

Even before President Trump's order freezing the distribution of trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday afternoon—and well before it was blocked with minutes to spare by a federal judge—the edict was causing chaos.