About half of states have broadened Medicaid, the state-federal low-income health care program, to pay for social services such as housing and nutritional support.

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

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

Millions of Americans are at risk of losing access to Medicaid under the proposed legislation, which passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee (HECC). Representative Brett Guthrie, a Kentucky Republican and chair of the HECC, insisted that the changes will "strengthen and sustain" Medicaid for the future, calling them "common sense."

The White House said President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" includes a 401K-style savings account for new parents and is "very pro-family."

The U.S. Congress should enact steeper work requirements for Medicaid and food aid in a tax cut and spending plan being advanced by Republicans, four senior Trump administration officials said in a New York Times opinion column.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed he wouldn't allow Medicaid to be cut, but House Republicans' bill to fund his agenda aims to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program that provides health care for poor, elderly and disabled Americans.

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said the "Trump Slump" is partially to blame for him proposing a freeze on Medicaid enrollment for illegal immigrants in his state.

The White House is pushing back on concerns that President Donald Trump‘s “one big, beautiful” tax-and-spending bill will make unpopular cuts to Medicaid. “The president wants to preserve and protect Medicaid for Americans who this program was intended for,