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.

House Republicans are proposing hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts to Medicaid, a major flashpoint in negotiations that could make or break President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.

Three key panels are addressing some of the thorniest issues poised to make or break the Republicans' massive bill for Trump's agenda.

Republicans and Democrats grew weary in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill as they slogged through at-times contentious debate over provisions in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package.

A growing number of House Republicans -- from moderates to hardliners -- threaten to undercut the package’s momentum ahead of an expected vote late next week.

The legislation now heads to the full House, but with a major blank to fill in on how much to expand a deduction for state and local taxes.

Medicaid cuts would also mean billions of dollars in lost federal aid and hundreds of thousands of people losing access to the program.