Senate Republicans say they are looking for ways to safeguard rural hospitals from proposed cuts to a key Medicaid funding method.

Without changes to the GOP's "big, beautiful bill," Sen. Josh Hawley fears "there’s going to be a lot of rural hospitals in Missouri that close."

The tax and health portions of the measure, unveiled late Monday, would make it harder for states to shift Medicaid costs onto the U.S. government. The plan contains a provision t