Some Republicans expressed doubt that Medicaid cuts are coming. Alternative changes suggested included work requirements and anti-fraud efforts.

"If we lose Medicaid, this will impact his healthcare." More than 3.7 million Floridians are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and many families like Lewis' depend on these services.

Republicans are facing a nationwide backlash over the fate of Medicaid — but the potential program cuts are most threatening in seven conservative-leaning states where voters have cast ballots to expand the entitlement in recent years.

The president has said his administration “won’t touch” entitlement programs. Past efforts to do so have backfired on Trump and other politicians.

Kennedy Jr. ended a longstanding transparency rule on Friday, supercharging his authority to change policies in areas ranging from Medicaid to the National Institutes of Health without advance notice to the public.

The House GOP is considering significant cuts to Medicaid, potentially slashing billions. Health policy experts say Medicaid provides vital services to many Americans

With the recent budget approval by the House of Representatives, changes may be coming to Medicaid nationally. How many could be affected in Tennessee.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has said that able-bodied people who are able to work should not be using Medicaid but vowed that the health care program would not be cut. "You don't want able-bodied workers on a program that is intended,

Everybody here says Medicaid is sacrosanct,” he said. But “nobody’s admitted that Medicaid is not producing positive health outcomes.” Is he right? Studying the effect of Medicaid is hard. For ethical reasons researchers cannot usually use randomised control trials.

Democrats are preparing to use Elon Musk and Medicaid as two lightning rods in the 2026 midterms, a new ad campaign suggests.