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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump on\u00a0<\/strong>Friday <\/strong>signed Republicans\u2019 major tax and domestic policy bill into law, setting into motion massive cuts to Medicaid that could remove millions of people from the safety-net insurance coverage.<\/p>\n The legislation was sent to Trump\u2019s desk on Thursday, after months of rancorous debate in Congress. The Senate narrowly passed its version of the bill<\/a> earlier this week, calling in Vice President JD Vance to cast the tiebreaking vote.<\/p>\n House Republicans then scrambled to get their caucus in line, as moderates raised concerns about the Senate\u2019s steeper cuts to Medicaid<\/a> and conservatives lambasted the legislation\u2019s growing contribution to the national debt.\u00a0<\/p>\n But the lower chamber ultimately voted to pass the megabill\u00a0218 to 214, nearly entirely along party lines. Only two Republicans, Reps.\u00a0Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, declined to support the legislation.<\/p>\n GOP lawmakers cheered its passage<\/a> Thursday. Rep.\u00a0Brett Guthrie, R-Ky.,\u00a0chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, said the law \u201cstrengthens Medicaid for those who need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n Here are some of the healthcare provisions in the law:<\/p>\n The Medicaid provisions of the law have been some of the most contentious. The policies reduce federal spending on the safety-net coverage by $1 trillion<\/a>, according to a Tuesday estimate by health policy researcher KFF.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nearly 12 million additional people would become uninsured<\/a> by 2034 under the law, according to an analysis published Saturday by the Congressional Budget Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n As such, the policies have been lambasted by the healthcare sector. Hospitals worry the growing number of uninsured patients would cause uncompensated care to soar<\/a>, weighing on their bottom lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n