GOP eyes bailout for hospitals poised to go broke from Medicaid cuts

Senate Republicans are now considering a new addition to their "big, beautiful bill" of tax cuts for President Donald Trump, Politico reported: a bailout fund for hospitals at risk of shuttering due to the bill's Medicaid cuts.

The version of the bill passed by the House already cut $600 billion from Medicaid, in part by enacting new draconian work requirements and bans on people who fail to meet them from accessing Affordable Care Act subsidies. But the Senate wants to go even further,...