We expect the portal will be back online shortly.” Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps cover ... John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, said that Democrats are to blame for taking ...

On Tuesday morning, state offices administering Medicaid, the health coverage program for low-income Americans, were blocked from accessing the online system that coordinates federal payments for ...

Trump administration officials said programs that provide direct assistance to Americans would not be affected, such as Medicare, Medicaid ... Republican leaders in Louisiana said they were ...

Democratic officials, by contrast, expressed alarm at states losing access on Tuesday to an online portal through which state Medicaid departments ... Jeff Landry of Louisiana asked the Trump ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could ...

We expect the portal will be back online shortly ... to multiple media reports. Medicaid officials did not immediately respond to a NewsNation on Wednesday regarding further updates. Medicaid is a ...

Joan Alker, Georgetown University “That equates to almost one-third of federal Medicaid spending,” said Joan Alker, executive director of the center and a research professor at Georgetown’s McCourt ...

Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician who ... who asked the nominee to share plans for Medicaid reform, a multibillion-dollar taxpayer-funded program that covers health care for about 80 million ...

Recent data shows 20 percent of Medicaid patients visit the ER 17 times a year for non-life threatening issues.

Liberal lawmakers and advocates are moving to shield the Medicaid program from potential cuts ... Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Reps.