The proposal, which is to be considered this week by a key House panel, omits some of the furthest-reaching reductions to the health program but would leave millions without coverage or facing higher costs.

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

Central to the savings are changes to Medicaid, which provides almost free health care to more than 70 million Americans, and the Affordable Care Act,

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

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.

The legislation now heads to the full House, but with a major blank to fill in on how much to expand a deduction for state and local taxes.

Disabled demonstrators protesting a Republican proposal to cut benefits were forced to leave a House committee hearing and arrested.