An ambitious House bill to cut taxes by hundreds of billions of dollars and pay for part of it by slashing Medicaid spending faces a rocky path in the Senate, where Republican lawmakers warn the

WASHINGTON – House Republicans defended a bill that would enact sweeping tax cuts, raise the debt ceiling, and add restrictions to benefit programs during a heated marathon day of committee hearings on Capitol Hill.

Republican lawmakers are calling for work requirements, stricter eligibility verification and some co-pays.

The Medicaid portion of the House GOP’s massive domestic policy bill would result in 10.3 million people losing Medicaid coverage by 2034, and 7.6 million people going uninsured, according

WASHINGTON – House Republicans plan to enact work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid, according to a proposal released late on May 11 by a key GOP-led committee.

House Republicans' plan to slash $715 billion in Medicaid funding would create more hurdles for recipients to jump through and leave states with a big hole in their health care budgets.

Millions of Americans could lose their Medicaid coverage under Republican plans to vastly cut federal spending. Lawmakers on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid, are mulling over changes to the health care insurance program that benefits more than 70 million Americans nationwide.

Johnson said some controversial proposals to slash Medicaid were off the table for the massive Trump agenda bill, while conservatives pressed him on steep spending cuts.

A proposal by Republicans in Congress to partially cover the cost of renewing President Donald Trump’s signature first-term tax cuts by slashing Medicaid will result in deadly consequences for

The Missouri Republican's support is crucial but contingent on preserving Medicaid, and he wants to first see what House Republicans can muster through their thin majority.