ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú

Senate Republicans  to rewrite the narrowly passed House budget bill. Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., are threatening to oppose Medicaid changes resulting in cuts to benefits. They also raised concerns with provisions limiting states’ abilities to use health care provider taxes to collect additional federal Medicaid funding. They worry cuts in federal Medicaid funding to states could cause rural hospitals to close. Meanwhile, a New England Journal of Medicine  and a National Bureau of Economic Research  conclude Medicaid is lives. (The Hill , 5/23/25)