Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt, whose failed congressional campaign spent $200K in illegal contributions, falsely claimed during a press conference that Trump’s freezing of federal programs by his office of management would not affect individual assistance even though Medicaid payments for the poor is reportedly affected.
Trump press secretary: “The office of management and budget is reviewing the federal funding that has been going out the door, again, not for individual assistance but for all these other programs.”
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Meanwhile Illinois is experiencing a Medicaid freeze . pic.twitter.com/kuVzoikcKR
However, the Chicago Sun-Times notes:
“As President Donald Trump’s temporary freeze on federal funding to state and local governments seeded disruption and panic throughout the country Tuesday, state officials reported that Medicaid funding in Illinois had shut down.”
PBS reports:
State agencies and early education centers appeared to be struggling to access money from Medicaid and Head Start, stirring anxiety with answers hard to come by in Washington.
According to WNBC, billions in Medicaid funding will affecting:
Medicaid is notably not exempt from a White House directive to pause all federal grants and loans by the end of day Tuesday.
Democracy Docket reports lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration:
A coalition of nonprofits, public health organizations and small businesses filed a lawsuit to block the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo instructing a pause on all agency grants and loans.
(Sources: Chicago Sun-Times, PBS, WNBC, NOTUS, Twitter/X, Democracy Docket)