Millions of Americans could lose their Medicaid coverage under Republican plans to vastly cut federal spending. Lawmakers on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid,

Millions of Americans could lose health care coverage under a long-awaited proposal unveiled Sunday night by U.S. House Republicans that would slash $880 billion in federal Medicaid spending. Why it matters: States have been bracing for details on how exactly House Republicans would slash Medicaid funding,

Republicans are steering clear of dramatic Medicaid cuts in their spending bill, instead opting for smaller changes backed by moderate and swing-state members who had balked at the prospect of slashing a program that covers more than 70 million low-income and disabled Americans.