The Congressional Budget Office said there's no way for Republicans to meet their budget goals without making cuts to Medicaid. Here's what to know.

The Republican-led Congress is working to pass a budget resolution that could slash billions of dollars in Medicaid benefits.

“There’s no way they can cut that much out of the federal budget without touching Medicaid, because Medicaid is such a substantial portion of the discretionary funds that they have access to,” Rep. Anna Moeller, D-Elgin, who chairs the legislative appropriations committee, said after the hearing.

A new House Republican budget plan calls for $880 billion in spending cuts over the next decade. Experts say Medicaid, which provides health coverage for 72 million people, is the likely target. Medicaid helps low-income families, children, people with disabilities, and even covers nearly half of all births in the U.S.

So far, 40 states -- as well as Washington, D.C. -- have participated in Medicaid expansion. The program's growth has reduced the number of Americans without health insurance and narrowed coverage ...

In Washington, D.C., lawmakers are considering possible cuts to Medicaid as part of President Donald Trump's budget plan. Medicaid is funded jointly by the state and federal government.

Tracking disability policies has long been challenging − this will become a harder task under the Trump administration.

Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The complex, multifaceted program touches millions of Americans and has become deeply woven into state budgets and the U.

Democrats are trying to push back against a looming evisceration in federal government spending, emphasizing how it will affect overall quality of life

Forty states and Washington, D.C., have expanded Medicaid eligibility to able-bodied adults. The federal government’s promise to match every dollar a state spends on Medicaid and then some has ...