The Garner, North Carolina, resident works for a local home goods store up to 20 hours a week, typically. But she also suffers from degenerative disc disease in her spine and relies on Medicaid to cover her doctor’s visits, physical therapy and medication that helps her manage the pain so she can get out of bed in the morning.

Republicans defend Medicaid "reform" as Democrats rail against Medicaid "cuts" after One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes the House.

The liberal advocacy group Protect Our Care is spending $10 million on attack ads against 11 Republican lawmakers in battleground districts.

House Speaker Mike Johnson shepherded through Congress President Trump's spending bill, which includes Medicaid work requirements.

Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health, stands with Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Laura Gillen (D-Rockville Centre) as they address the potentially harmful consequences of cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other safety-net programs in the recent House-passed budget reconciliation bill on Wednesday in Levittown. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp

Various proposals had floated in the U.S. House that could have severely affected the state's health care system.

House Speaker Mike Johnson relies on a Congressional Budget Office estimate for this claim, but the agency didn’t frame it that way.

There was little sympathy for the congressman’s words among the 100 or so protesters who turned out for the news conference held at the bottom of the building’s west steps.