Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling for Republican leadership to remove a part of the “one big beautiful bill” that alters a Medicaid financing provision, Politico reported.

In a version proposed by the Senate Finance Committee, the budget bill would cut the amount of money a state can tax a healthcare provider from 6% of patient revenue to 3.5%. The cut would apply only to states that have expanded Medicaid offerings under the Affordable Care Act and would exempt nursing homes, Politico reported.

The bill would freeze nonexpansion states’ provider tax rates in place, while the bill passed by the House had no cuts and installed the freeze to every state, Politico said.

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