Democrats worry the Trump administration plans deep cuts to Medicaid. If confirmed, here's what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to do.

State Medicaid programs across the country reported Tuesday they had lost access to federal payment portals one day after President Trump announced a freeze on federal grants and aid. By the late

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, who has long been an advocate for healthcare access, condemned the apparent shutdown of Medicaid systems that looks to affect health coverage for millions of Americans

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -At least three U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid payment portal after the Trump administration announced a federal funding pause, even as the White House said the program was exempted.

Organizations that depend on federal money expressed relief after a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's order to freeze federal aid. The decision gives more time for legal arguments.

Over rigorous questioning from senators Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid out his vision to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, while backtracking on his past statements in support of abortion and against vaccines.

Amid the Trump administration's abrupt, wide-scale freeze on federal funding, states are reporting that they've lost access to Medicaid, a program jointly funded by the federal government and states to provide comprehensive health coverage and care to tens of millions of low-income adults and children in the US.

The Republican Party is eyeing sweeping cuts to Medicaid, a program that the poorest Americans rely on for health care, to finance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and plans for mass deportation. Democrats say those plans could cost some 22 million people their health care,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominee to lead HHS, stumbled multiple times during his first Senate confirmation hearing when asked about Medicaid.

Reports of shuttered Medicaid portals began Tuesday morning, with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oreg., writing by the early afternoon that his staff "had confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze."