Josh Hawley (R-MO), whose support is crucial for a so-called budget reconciliation bill but is contingent on preserving Medicaid, wants to first see what House Republicans can muster through their thin majority.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is warning against his own party’s push to slash Medicaid spending, just hours after House Republicans released legislation that could save billions of dollars and make

As they fight over the specifics of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," GOP lawmakers are expressing very different views on Medicaid. Some budget hawks in the House Freedom Caucus are calling for deep Medicaid cuts,

That's why House lawmakers and President Trump keep insisting they simply want to target "waste, fraud, and abuse" in Medicaid, "all without cutting off assistance to a single eligible person." The flaw in that argument is that Medicaid cuts of the scope they're proposing could torpedo state budgets and cause millions of hardworking Americans to lose coverage—facts that Democrats will not let "go unnoticed.

The House GOP is working to push Trump's package through committees and opposition from Democrats and even some wary Republicans.

One Republican, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, warned his colleagues in an op-ed Monday that cutting health care to pay for tax breaks would be “morally wrong and politically suicidal.”

Trump tells GOP lawmakers not to 'f*** around with Medicaid' as he tries to convince House to move ahead with his spending bill