The online system for federal health funding now warns of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration announced a freeze.
The new Department of Government Efficiency can't go after Medicare or Social Security. That leaves Medicaid in a vulnerable position.
Potential Medicaid cuts under President Donald Trump, amounting to more than $2.3 trillion over the span of a decade, are likely amid Republican
Unclear if sweeping executive order will affect Medicaid and other federal assistance programs for older Americans.
Funding cuts and regulatory changes could radically reduce Medicaid, the largest program providing medical and health-related services to low-income people, as well as Medicare, federal health insurance for people 65 or older, and some under 65 with certain disabilities or conditions.
The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty for patients, doctors, hospitals and others.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars.
The funding freeze could affect trillions of dollars and cause widespread disruption in health care research, education programs and other initiatives. Grants that have been awarded but not spent are also halted.
New letters urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand Medicare and Medicaid to include FDA-approved anti-obesity medications.
A wide range of organizations and agencies that depend on federal health department funds said Tuesday they have been locked out of the online system responsible for tracking and depositing their money,
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