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. Wyden, who has long been an advocate for healthcare access,

Portals for Medicaid recipients in all 50 states are down after President Donald Trump ordered a federal spending freeze

A funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration has sparked widespread confusion about its effects on government programs such as Medicaid.

The Medicaid website portal was down on Tuesday afternoon, but payments have not been affected, according to the White House. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) posted on X, formerly Twitter, that all 50 states are experiencing an outage to Medicaid portal.

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,