Some Democratic leaders and officials believe the combination of tax cuts and potential changes to some Americans' health care coverage could allow the party to recapture the anger and anti-Trump backlash that helped the party reclaim the House in 2018, after Republicans passed their tax package and repeatedly failed to repeal Obamacare.

The Senate version of the legislation makes even steeper cuts to Medicaid than the $800 billion slashed in the House-passed version of the bill.

The massive tax cut legislation passed by the House and Senate this week will dramatically upend health care in America. The legislation, now on its way to President Trump, was never framed as a