House speaker Mike Johnson issued a sweeping statement of purpose Tuesday by saying that people abusing welfare will not do so for much longer. “Work requirements for Medicaid. That is something that public opinion polls almost 90 percent [support]” he said in an interview with CNN posted to X.

A budget blueprint narrowly approved by the House could slash $880 billion over a decade from federal health programs.

Democrats are rerunning the playbook that won them control of Congress in 2018, focusing on the cost of the G.O.P.’s tax cut plan for ordinary Americans, particularly when it comes to health care.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are concerned about potential cuts to Medicaid if House Speaker Mike Johnson's budget proposal is passed. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

Christina Martin, an advocacy leader for Louisiana Developmental Disability Council's Advocacy Network, relies on Medicaid for herself, her daughter, who has a rare chromosome disorder and autism, and her father, a 56-year-old liver transplant patient.