Senator Josh Hawley introduced legislation on Tuesday that aims to roll back some of the major changes to Medicaid made in Republicans’ sweeping policy bill, legislation that the Missouri Republican voted to pass just two weeks ago.
President Trump signed that policy bill into law on July 4 after Republican leaders successfully wrangled a handful of G.O.P. holdouts, including Mr. Hawley.
The bill included new restrictions on key strategies many states rely on to finance Medicaid, changes that could hit some Republican-led states the hardest, a recent analysis shows. Mr. Hawley is now proposing to repeal those restrictions.
His bill would also double a rural hospital fund to $100 billion, from $50 billion, and extend the fund’s life span from five years to 10. Republican leaders had agreed to include the $50 billion to assuage concerns from Mr. Hawley and other Republicans that the Medicaid cuts would shutter some remote hospitals.
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