The health cuts would save $715 billion but leave 8.6 million more people without coverage nationwide, the Congressional Budget Office said. How would it affect NC?

Texas hospitals are facing a freeze in billions of dollars in federal Medicaid funding under a budget proposal introduced by House Republican leaders Sunday night. Republicans are moving to limit access to a tax loophole that Texas and other states have used to tap extra Medicaid dollars for hospitals and medical providers.

Health care providers at the American Hospital Association’s annual meeting warned that cuts to Medicaid could force hospitals to close.