Fact-checking Republican and Democratic claims about Medicaid cuts in the GOP bill

Medicaid has become a key hot button topic in the sweeping tax and spending cuts bill that House Republicans are scrambling to pass as soon as this week.

Democrats are slamming their rivals for slashing federal support for the bedrock safety net program, while President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers say they are not cutting the program, or at least not for vulnerable Americans.

Let’s look at each side’s claim.

Trump has long vowed that Republicans would not harm Medicaid, though they would look to root out waste, fraud and abuse.