We’re not here to cut the Medicaid lifeline for the neediest Americans,' the Republican congressman from Houston said during late-night budget talks.

Republicans and Democrats grew weary in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill as they slogged through at-times contentious debate over provisions in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package.

Rep. Dingell shared a heartfelt story of a young boy with Down syndrome to highlight Medicaid’s critical role for vulnerable families. She urged protecting the program, emphasizing its cost-effectiveness and essential coverage for millions,

Fiscal hawks are lashing out over what they say are the lack of Medicaid reforms in President Trump’s legislative package, which could thwart the House GOP’s goal of passing the legislation next

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

The battle over Medicaid funding continues in Washington with a Western New York Congressman playing a central role. A small scale rally in a Dunkirk park on Tuesday was arranged by the health care workers unions of 1199 SEIU and CWA.

LOUISVILLE As Republicans in Washington advanced a proposed Medicaid work requirement Wednesday, two Kentucky advocates speaking in Louisville disagreed on the wisdom of the policy.

Two members of Congress from Colorado will play a pivotal role in deciding the fate of Medicaid, a program that provides health care for one in five Coloradans.

The future of Medicaid is up in the air as Congress continues to debate major reforms and massive cuts to the program, which insures 70 million low-income Americans. Republicans are proposing an $880 billion dollar reduction – which economists say could leave millions uninsured.