Trump’s federal grant breaks confusions on the Medicade funding

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Trump administration Freeze on federal grant On Tuesday, anarchy and confusion among the state Medicade agencies increased.

Although the White House insisted that Medicade, which provides health insurance to Americans with less than 72 million low income, was not affected by the freeze, which announced on Monday evening, State Medicid officials on Tuesday from the Federal Funding Portal on Tuesday. Found himself closed. , He started reaching the system in the afternoon.

The administration sent conflicting messages about Medicade. Announcing a stagnation on Monday, the office of the management and budget memorandum said that social security, medicines and direct assistance to individuals would not be affected, but Medicid was not mentioned. The next day the office issued a question -answer, stating that “compulsory programs like Medicid and Snap (Food Stamp) would continue without stopping.”

But during the White House Press briefing before President Donald Trump’s second term, Press Secretary Karolin Levitt could not immediately answer a question whether the medicid funding was included in the freeze, asked reporters that he would have to investigate And they have to go back whether Enroll can be cut. Later levit Posted on X The White House knows that the Medicade portal is down and said it “will return online soon.”

“We confirmed that no payment has been affected – they are still being processed and sent,” he posted.

A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily blocked Part of Trump Administration’s plans to freeze federal assistance.

State Medicade agencies on Tuesday lost access to the Department of Health and Human Services Payment Management Services (PMS) system.

A notice was posted in the Red on the PMS site, stating: “Due to executive orders about potentially uncontrolled grant payments, PMS is taking additional measures to process the payment. Applied programs and payment reviews will result in delay and/or rejection of payment. ,

“My employees have confirmed the reports that Medicid portals are below all 50 states after the federal funding freeze last night,” Sen Ron Widen, Oregon’s Democrat, Sen, Ron Widen,. Posted on X On Tuesday afternoon. “It is an obvious attempt to rip health insurance from millions of Americans overnight and people will be killed.”

The Social Services Department of the Connecticut told CNN that the state Medicade officials could not log into the system on Tuesday morning, but said that the reach was restored in the afternoon. Medicade policy experts also told CNN that they were listening to the report of additional states.

State Medicade agencies use the PMS system to withdraw funds to pay hospitals, doctors and other providers, which treat the medicade recipients, as well as to pay to the insurer, who with the states to Enroll with the states Contract to cover. Many states use the system based on a quarter, but some draw the required funds near the end of each month to pay at the beginning of the next one.