Leftist protesters disrupted a Capitol Hill office building for a short time Wednesday as the House moves toward a vote on the President Trump-backed "big, beautiful" budget bill.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the Republican budget bill under consideration would trigger about $500 billion in automatic cuts to Medicare, the program that provides health insurance to around 68 million older adults and people with disabilities.

The House GOP “big beautiful bill” will add so much money to the debt it will force across-the-board spending cuts to Medicare, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). CBO

If passed, part of the bill could impact SNAP and Medicaid recipients. The bill aims to reduce $700 billion in spending, but it wouldn't be implemented until 2029.

Congress is proposing significant changes to Medicaid that would reduce government spending on the program by $716 billion. Here is what to know.

Medicare could face nearly $500 billion in cuts over the next decade under Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which also proposes significant reductions to Medicaid and other healthcare programs According to a May 20 report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office,

After a meeting with Trump and conservative holdouts, Speaker Mike Johnson said he planned told hold a floor vote Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

Scanlon’s district has already absorbed a blow, losing Crozer-Chester Medical Center, which had been Delaware County’s essential healthcare facilities.

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" extends Trump's 2017 tax cuts and make spending cuts to Medicaid and SNAP totaling nearly $1 trillion.