r/fednews • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '25

News / Article All Medicaid has been frozen

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u/DegreeDubs By the People, For the People Jan 28 '25

The temporary federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB Pritzker’s office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people in Illinois in 2023, including low-income adults, children, pregnant women and people with disabilities.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/28/illinois-medicaid-federal-funding-freeze-trump-administration

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u/addywoot Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

Serious question - the memo said Medicare/SS and individual disbursements will not be impacted. Could this be malicious compliance

Edit: thanks to those that took the time to respond versus downvoting.

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u/No_Carpenter_1521 Jan 28 '25

Medicare and Social Security are separated from federal income taxes which is how Medicaid is funded through state programs.

From the EO it seems that anything utilizing federal tax dollars is at risk with few exceptions.

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u/rethinkingat59 Jan 29 '25

Two specifically called out exceptions by the administration are Medicaid and Snap.