Illinois’ Medicaid portal was back up and running this afternoon following reports from state agencies that they could not access it amid a federal funding freeze that kickstarted confusion and ...

Raoul said the funding freeze would “have a devastating ... But the guidance was less clear about Medicaid, and, in Illinois, state agencies reported “issues with accessing federal funding ...

While the Medicaid system for ... taken effect at 4 p.m. Central Time. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses President Donald Trump’s funding freeze on Tuesday.

White House sources said the Medicaid payment portal issues were unrelated to the federal funding freeze. However, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the White House was lying about what happened.

The funding freeze announced today is part ... Roughly a quarter of Illinois’ population is eligible for Medicaid coverage. And state agencies have started reporting issues with accessing ...

Illinois Medicaid, the health insurance program ... despite court orders and the administration claiming it was walking back a funding freeze ordered last month. A letter from Pritzker, both ...

Multiple VERIFY readers, including Amy, Kelly and Susan, have asked if the federal funding freeze affects Medicaid ... and will get people killed.” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s Office told ...

Illinois Gov ... Trump’s pause on federal funding is illegal and accused the administration of lying when it said programs that provide direct assistance like Medicaid would not be affected.

For years, states have been taxing health care providers to draw down additional federal funds for their Medicaid programs.

However, Illinois also has what’s known as a “trigger law” that says it will stop offering Medicaid to individuals in that expansion category if the federal government ever stops funding its ...