The Congressional Budget Office has said the bill, if enacted, would cause more than 8 million people to lose their coverage.

A key House committee advanced President Donald Trump’s giant tax and spending package after Republican hardliners won agreement from party leaders to speed up cuts to Medicaid health coverage.

Millions could lose Medicaid coverage under the bill, which analysts say will add trillions of dollars to US debt over the next 10 years.

As the federal budget winds its way through the halls of Congress, Texas children's hospitals are bracing for potentially devastating effects on their finances and their ability to serve patients, said Stacy Wilson,

House Republicans are looking to push through a package of tax breaks and spending cuts to advance Trump’s agenda.

Republicans are proposing cuts to Medicaid as part of President Donald Trump's spending bill. Some Americans are worried the cuts will cause them to lose their coverage.