Sen. Josh Hawley has introduced legislation to stop any future cuts to Medicaid hospital funding, just two weeks after voting for nearly $1 trillion in reductions as part of President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill, Axios has reported.
The Missouri Republican’s Protect Medicaid and Rural Hospitals Act would, if passed, repeal provisions that limit the ability of states to levy taxes on health providers in order to receive more money from the federal government, according to The Hill.
In addition, the legislation also aims to repeal a cap on state-directed payments, which permits states to direct how providers are paid by privately run managed care plans.
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