Republicans in Congress intend to cut about US$880 billion in federal health care spending^[1].

One of their primary targets is Medicaid^[2]. That government program covers 82 million Americans with health insurance^[3]. Most of the people enrolled in the program are low income, have disabilities, or both.

Medicaid, jointly funded by the federal government and the states, is also the biggest funder in the U.S.^[4] of long-term care...