Greater than a dozen Home Republicans warned they gained’t help the Senate’s model of the tax and spending invoice as a result of the proposed Medicaid cuts are too steep.
Led by Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), 15 different susceptible Republicans despatched a letter to Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-S.D.) and Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) saying they help the Medicaid reforms within the Home model of the laws, however the Senate Finance Committee proposal went too far.
“Defending Medicaid is crucial for the susceptible constituents we had been elected to signify. Subsequently, we can not help a ultimate invoice that threatens entry to protection or jeopardizes the steadiness of our hospitals and suppliers,” the lawmakers wrote. “The Home’s strategy displays a extra pragmatic and compassionate commonplace, and we urge that or not it’s retained within the ultimate invoice.”
The Senate Finance Committee draft seeks to clamp down on two ways states use to increase Medicaid funding to hospitals: state-directed funds and Medicaid supplier taxes. The restrictions are a serious concern for rural hospitals, a key constituency for senators.
Republicans have set an formidable July 4 deadline to cross the invoice and ship it to President Trump to be signed into regulation.
The Hill’s Alexander Bolton has more here.
