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

Medicaid has been a hot topic in recent weeks, after GOP budget appeared to propose cuts to spending on programs like Medicaid.

Medicaid provides health insurance for roughly one in five Americans, covering impoverished children, low-income adults, and seniors and those with disabilities reliant on care at home.

Medicaid is a healthcare program that covers 72 million Americans. In the latest congressional budget bill, lawmakers are seeking to make deep cuts to federally funded programs in the U.S. Medicaid is one of those programs.