The outage came after the Trump administration on Monday ordered a sweeping pause on federal spending. States and lawmakers early Tuesday began reporting that portals across the country were inaccessible.

A nationwide lockout of federal health payment systems, reportedly due to an “outage”, has led to widespread criticism of the White House. The lockout affected several organizations and agencies, including state Medicaid programs,

“The funding pause directed by the Jan. 27, 2025, OMB memorandum only applies to discretionary grants at the Department of Education," said Madi Biedermann, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education. "These will be reviewed by department leadership for alignment with Trump administration priorities."

"My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze ," the senator from Oregon said on the social media platform X on Tuesday. "This is a blatant attempt to rip away health insurance from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed."

After President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, Medicaid's portals went down Tuesday afternoon, causing recipients to panic about their health insurance coverage. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the Medicaid outage Tuesday on X,