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Illinois unable to access Medicaid systems hours before President Trump’s freeze on grants was supposed to take effect
Illinois regains Medicaid access after federal funding freeze confusion
Illinois, Other States Temporarily Lost Access to Medicaid Portal Amid Funding Freeze
Medicaid, the health care program for low-income people and families, is jointly administered by the federal and state government, which also share costs.
Illinois and other states were shut out of the Medicaid system Tuesday. The White House confirmed the portal “outage,” but insisted payments would be unaffected.
Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut — which means 931,169 Illinoisans would lose their health coverage.
Gov. JB Pritzker says the Medicaid system was down on Tuesday in Illinois and other states across the country.
Amid the Trump administration's abrupt, wide-scale freeze on federal funding, states are reporting that they've lost access to Medicaid, a program jointly funded by the federal government and states to provide comprehensive health coverage and care to tens of millions of low-income adults and children in the US.
Other payment systems also appear to be offline, suggesting a broader shutdown of federal portals related to grants and funding.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump’s pause on federal funding is illegal and accused the administration of lying when it said programs that provide direct assistance like Medicaid would not be affected.
The White House confirmed the website for Medicaid payments was down a day after announcing a pause on federal grants and loans.
But Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut — which means 931,169 Illinoisans would lose their health coverage, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Illinois lawmakers are voicing strong concerns after the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze created widespread confusion and disruptions to critical services.
A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's move to freeze all federal grants pending an analysis to root out "wokeness" in federal spending. But confusion reigned Tuesday in Chicago and beyond as leaders braced for serious potential cuts to an array of major programs.
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