Hours after President Donald Trump’s administration announced it was freezing potentially trillions of dollars in federal grants and other fiscal aid across the nation, Illinois agencies were having trouble accessing Medicaid systems,

Several Medicaid cuts are being discussed to help fund President Donald Trump’s massive tax cut and his immigration crackdown bill. But Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut — which means 931,

Illinois and other states were shut out of the Medicaid system Tuesday. The White House confirmed the portal “outage,” but insisted payments would be unaffected.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze is illegal and will affect 3.5 million Illinoisans on Medicaid.

Gov. Pritzker blasted the Trump administration, saying the federal government lied to state officials that the freeze would affect Medicaid.

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.

Medicaid, the health care program for low-income people and families, is jointly administered by the federal and state government, which also share costs.

Some providers say an order freezing federal financial help could mean cuts in services within days or months. A judge temporarily blocked the order.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald 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.

The White House confirmed the website for Medicaid payments was down a day after announcing a pause on federal grants and loans.

Other payment systems also appear to be offline, suggesting a broader shutdown of federal portals related to grants and funding.

Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut — which means 931,169 Illinoisans would lose their health coverage.