Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., touted a “great talk” he had with President Donald Trump about Medicaid, saying Monday there would be no benefit cuts.
Hawley has been a staunch defender of Medicaid during the “big, beautiful bill” negotiations and been outspoken about cutting benefits. He was shaping up to be one of roughly a half-dozen GOP senators primed to dig in on the budget bill passed by the House over Medicaid cuts.
Not anymore, apparently. Trump has asserted from the beginning that the only cuts to Medicaid would be “waste, fraud, and abuse.”
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