The resolution calls for the committee on Energy and Commerce — which has jurisdiction over Medicaid — to reduce $880 million through 2034. Department of Health and Human Services data shows Medicaid provides critical services to 787,807 Nevadans.

The nation's Medicaid Program, with its $880 billion budget, is an attractive target for Republican lawmakers in Washington who are looking for places to slash spending.

According to a dentist at the East Bay Dental Center, 84% of the schoolchildren they treat are either covered by Medicaid or completely uninsured.

Republican lawmakers could try to siphon billions of dollars from the nearly-free health care coverage offered to the poorest Americans.