The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's tax-cut and spending bill on Thursday, which contains sweeping changes to the government's Medicaid healthcare program covering about 71 million low-income Americans.

The 900-page tax and policy package fulfills several key campaign promises but also makes cuts that could boot millions from health care and food assistance programs.

Businesses benefit from Senate changes that would make permanent a series of breaks that had been offered only temporarily in a House version, as well as a more generous break for companies in