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

Lawmakers bickered, protesters shouted and senators came to take in the moment as a House committee considered a critical portion of a bill to enact President Trump’s domestic agenda.

Parents of children with disabilities able to live at home with Medicaid coverage say cuts to the program would upend their families.

Democrats bashed Republicans for trying to sneak through Trump's tax bill that would help the rich and hurt the poor in the middle of the night.

TOMS RIVER — As congressional Republicans in Washington debate a sweeping domestic policy bill that could result in cuts to or new restrictions for Medicaid, opposition has come from what might appear to be the most unlikeliest of places: The Ocean County Board of Commissioners.

While it remains to be seen what specific proposals the House and Senate will coalesce around, any changes to the Medicaid program will have an impact on access to women’s health care, including contraception.

New Jersey would lose about $3.6 billion a year in federal Medicaid funding, and more than 300,000 residents would risk losing their health insurance.

The legislative proposal in the US House of Representatives seeks to reform Medicaid, promising savings of $715 billion. However, these savings could leave 8.6 million Americans without health insurance by 2034.