Senate Republican leaders substantially increased the size of a rural hospital relief fund and rewrote controversial language freezing health care provider taxes in a late-night bid to keep President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on track for a vote Saturday afternoon.

Republican leaders increased the size of the proposed rural hospital relief fund from $15 billion to $25 billion, with the money to be distributed over five years.

But the proposal falls far short of the $100 billion that Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a key swing vote, asked to be allocated to a health care provider relief fund to help rural hospitals, nursing homes and community health centers.

The $25 billion rural hospital fund would allocate $10 billion in funding in 2028, another $10 billion in 2029, then $2 billion in 2030, another $2 billion in 2031 and finally $1 billion in 2032.

Altogether, it would provide........

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