Republicans are increasingly on the defensive over the party’s handling of Medicaid cuts in the party’s “big, beautiful bill,” underscoring how the issue has become an early flashpoint ahead of ...

Over a year from the 2026 midterms, it's too soon to say if Medicaid changes will prove politically popular or hurt ...

An amendment filed just before the House vote removed language limiting the ban to minors, broadening its reach ...

Ernst, an Iowa Republican, joked that she thought her constituents 'understood that, yes, we are all going to perish from ...

Taking away healthcare coverage isn’t just “morally wrong and politically suicidal,” in Senator Josh Hawley’s apt phrase.

While everyone’s life will eventually come to an end, politicians rarely say, “We’re all going to die” when talking about ...

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie has long had a "nice-guy" reputation. Now, his role in federal Medicaid cuts is challenging that ...

Even among Republican respondents, just 33% said Medicaid spending should be reduced ... Act and enacted the Trump tax cuts, some in the party warn that the dynamics are different this time.

The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is all but certain to inflame an already intense debate inside ...

P resident Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" spending bill has gotten attention for its potential slashes to Medicaid, but ...