Republican pollster and Fabrizio Ward co-owner Tony Fabrizio recently revealed opposition to GOP plans to cut Medicaid funding. Most President Donald Trump voters and two-thirds of swing voters disapproved of proposed reductions in the safety-net healthcare program.

Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to strike a delicate balance between blue-state Republicans and conservative hard-liners on a sprawling bill for Trump's agenda.

Not only is the Republican Congress trying to cut Medicaid by $625 billion, lawmakers also want to restrict how states respond.

Republicans' proposed Medicaid cuts will cause 8.6 million people to lose health insurance by 2034, an estimate shows. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said it will cost Republicans seats in Congress.

Texas Democrats have criticized Republican proposals to overhaul Medicaid, saying they would cause millions of Americans to lose benefits but GOP

House Republicans plan to enact work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid. But the proposal does not pursue some of the deeper cuts that lawmakers had considered.

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

House Republicans are eyeing a vote on the final package before Memorial Day, even as they have yet to reach consensus on several key issues.

The proposal, which is to be considered this week by a key House panel, omits some of the furthest-reaching reductions to the health program but would leave millions without coverage or facing higher costs.