Donald Trump is deeply skeptical of the emerging House Republican plan to make deep cuts to Medicaid to pay for the GOP’s megabill, our Rachael Bade, Adam Cancryn, Myah Ward and Meredith Lee Hill report.

House Republicans are rushing full speed ahead to pass Donald Trump‘s agenda, but their efforts have hit a hurdle in the form of Medicaid. There is a growing divide among House Republicans over using deep cuts to Medicaid to pay for their megabill with its massive tax cuts and provisions for border security and national defense.

Medicaid has grown significantly since 2010, when Democratic President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, expanded coverage to include childless adults who earn slightly more than poverty wages. The Supreme Court made this expansion optional for states, and 41 have opted in.

President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in the U.S. Congress are weighing steep cuts to the Medicaid health program as part of a wide-ranging budget package that also would cut taxes and raise spending on defense and border security.

President Donald Trump and House Republicans are slated to meet to wrangle over one of the thorniest issues dividing the party: whether to cut Medicaid benefits for millions of low-income Americans.