Rep. Don Bacon defended Trump's $4 trillion tax bill, arguing its middle-class benefits while addressing GOP concerns over Medicaid cuts and mounting deficit fears.

But the Congressional Budget Office predicts nearly 12 million Americans could lose access to Medicaid by 2034 under the Senate-passed version of the bill. In a House Rules Committee meeting on Tuesday,

President Donald Trump's tax cut bill would enact steep cuts to the nation's safety-net health insurance program for low income families.