Melannie Bachman, 39, of Charleston, South Carolina, is among the patients closely watching the sweeping Republican bill to overhaul Medicaid that’s been brought to the House. She was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer — an aggressive and difficult-to-treat form of the disease — in 2021.

Proposed Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget proposal hold significant implications for health care access and coverage.

More than 700,000 people in Michigan could lose Medicaid coverage if proposed federal budget cuts pass, according to a report ordered by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Whitmer requested the report in mid-April,