White House confirms outage of Medicaid portal
The White House is now confirming the Medicaid portal is experiencing outages, as states reported issues accessing the site in the wake of the federal government's abrupt freeze
"The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an X post.
"We have confirmed no payments have been affected -- they are still being processed and sent. We expect the portal will be back online shortly," she added.

Leavitt defended the freeze during her first press briefing earlier Tuesday. Leavitt said it was a temporary pause and would not impact direct individual assistance Americans rely on.
But questions remain on its impact, as the government funds thousands of loan and grant programs on everything from water and air quality to housing subsidies.