The Republican speaker of the House insists changes to Medicaid are about cutting “waste and abuse,” as well as improving men’s “dignity.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson relies on a Congressional Budget Office estimate for this claim, but the agency didn’t frame it that way.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) achieved the seemingly impossible in getting President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” across the finish line with a one-vote margin. However, Trump’s legislative legacy only passed the lower chamber with the promise to Freedom Caucus fiscal hawks that the Senate would expedite and expand Medicaid reforms and the reversal

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended the House-passed “big, beautiful bill” which includes Medicaid cuts, arguing that only those who are defrauding the program will lose coverage, and

House Speaker Mike Johnson backs Medicaid work requirements in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act,’ sparking debate over healthcare access as the bill heads to the Senate

The nonpartisan Urban Institute found that a work requirement expansion could lead to 5.4 million people losing some or all of their SNAP benefits.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) swatted aside growing concerns that President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on tax cuts will explode the federal deficit in an interview on Fox News Thursday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) took to the Sunday political talk shows to champion President Trump's recently passed "big, beautiful bill." But some senators are airing their grievances with the sweeping legislation.