Economists say that the House GOP’s budget proposal, which aims to combine a $4.5 trillion tax cut with roughly $2 trillion in spending cuts, will likely benefit the richest Americans while jeopardizing access to health care for the country's poor and rural populations.

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Medicaid, an $880 billion program, is financed mostly by federal taxpayers, and makes up for around 80 percent of costs for some states, according to AP.