The proposal will move up the start date of Medicaid work requirements from Jan. 1, 2029, to Dec. 31, 2026, in a concession to conservative hard-liners who have been pushing for d

New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and shift costs to states.

Medicaid has become a key hot button topic in the sweeping tax and spending cuts bill that House Republicans are scrambling to pass as soon as this week.

Donald Trump is back in the White House, the GOP controls Congress, and Republicans have dusted off their 2017 plans to reshape Medicaid.

The House-approved budget bill includes proposals for significant spending cuts to Medicaid and new work requirements.

The future for the reconciliation bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, which Republicans control, but by a slim margin, is up in the air. On Friday, GOP hardliners, who want deep cuts to Medicaid and federal clean energy programs, voted to block the measure in a critical committee.

House Republicans have been talking for months about potentially slashing Medicaid, but this week they unveiled, for the first time, language of a bill outlining exactly how they plan to do that.

And what will they mean for the millions of low-income people who might lose health care benefits as a result?