The Senate parliamentarian dealt a big blow to Republicans' plans to cut Medicaid as part of its "big, beautiful bill." The move could jeopardize the July Fourth deadline set by Senate Majoirty Leader John Thune (R-S.D.).

Elizabeth MacDonough rejected a plan to cap states’ use of health care provider taxes to collect more federal Medicaid funding, a proposal that would have generated hundreds of billions of dollars in savings........

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