Medicaid, GOP and House committee
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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,
Several protesters were arrested for disrupting a House committee's budget reconciliation markup on Tuesday, as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., thanked those holding court in the hallway.
As Congressional committee hearings begin in Washington, New Jersey officials predict 700,000 could lose health care.
Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion — but also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps for older Americans and green energy strategies to fight climate change — are all up for debate Tuesday as the House Republicans launch marathon public hearings on their “big,
It sets up a potential showdown with fiscal conservatives, who have pushed their colleagues to overhaul the program and want the final Republican tax package to cut as much money