New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and shift costs to states.

As they work to pass a “big beautiful bill” filled with tax cuts and spending reductions, Republicans in Congress are proposing adding work requirements to Medicaid, the $618 billion program that provides healthcare to more than 70 million low-income Americans.

Donald Trump is back in the White House, the GOP controls Congress, and Republicans have dusted off their 2017 plans to reshape Medicaid.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on Monday that Republicans are eyeing early 2027 as the target date for the new Medicaid work requirements in the large budget package intended to

Republicans' proposed Medicaid cuts will cause 8.6 million people to lose health insurance by 2034, an estimate shows. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said it will cost Republicans seats in Congress.

Even though the bill appears to be designed to chip away at Medicaid’s expansion under the Affordable Care Act, advocates and others say states like Georgia that did not fully expand Medicaid could still feel the effects of the cuts.

Updates and the latest news as Trump addresses House Republicans about the reconciliation bill and RFK Jr. testifies to Congress about DOGE cuts and his vaccine views.

With just days until Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) self-imposed Memorial Day deadline, House Republicans are warring over a host of critical issues that threaten to upend the GOP’s plan to pass