The passage of the bill would go against Trump's repeated promises to keep Medicaid intact. Health policy experts and health care workers say sharp Medicaid cuts could result in vulnerable Americans no longer being able to receive care, either by losing coverage or by closing the centers that provide such care.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate passed President Trump’s domestic spending bill, branded the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The legislation has been the subject of in-fighting among Republicans and contempt among Democrats,