The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty for patients, doctors, hospitals and others.

Karoline Leavitt confirmed Tuesday afternoon the downed portals after multiple reports from lawmakers that their states could not get access to Medicaid dollars.

A judge temporarily blocked implementation of a sweeping White House effort to pause potentially trillions of dollars in federal grants, loans and other financial-assistance programs, a directive that created chaos as states struggled to access funding portals dealing with Medicaid,

Even before President Trump's order freezing the distribution of trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday afternoon—and well before it was blocked with minutes to spare by a federal judge—the edict was causing chaos.

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.

The Medicaid website portal was down on Tuesday afternoon, but payments have not been affected, according to the White House. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) posted on X, formerly Twitter, that all 50 states are experiencing an outage to Medicaid portal.

The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday.