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."

Senate Republicans are crafting provisions to provide funding for struggling rural hospitals in order to resolve an impasse on Medicaid changes that is one issue holding up passage of President Donald Trump’s tax-cut bill.

The Senate Finance Committee on Monday released its version of the GOP’s package that calls for enacting sweeping cuts to Medicaid and preventing a multi-trillion dollar tax hike on Americans.