As part of their effort to pass a massive tax, immigration and spending cuts package, House Republicans are eyeing plans to shave billions from the federal budget. Some of those cuts could affect Medicaid and the related Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Johnson has been meeting with moderate Republicans who are urging leadership to abandon the most controversial Medicaid cuts.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has said Republicans will not pursue federal funding cuts for Medicaid that experts have warned could see millions lose their health insurance coverage. Newsweek has contacted Johnson's office for comment via email.

Millions of people would lose health insurance coverage under various Republican options to cut Medicaid spending to pay for President Trump’s domestic policy agenda, according to an analysis the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released Wednesday.

The National Institutes of Health and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Wednesday said Medicare and Medicaid private health data will be used for autism research.

The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to enable research around the root causes of the autism spectrum disorder by creating a database of Medicare and Medicaid enrollees with a diagnosis of the condition,

Federal public health agencies announced on Wednesday the start of a pilot program to share Medicare and Medicaid data with the National Institutes of Health to tackle chronic diseases, starting with autism.