A new proposal to help stabilize rural hospital access is floating around Capitol Hill as Senate Republicans consider their reconciliation bill.

Republican senators are pushing back hard on hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts included in the Senate version of President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation package, endangering Senate Majority Leader John Thune's (R-S.

The nonpartisan Senate official whose office determines if legislation fits within the rules of the chamber dealt Senate Republicans a blow on proposed changes to Medicaid.