Some would call it another perfect call. And as soon as Sen. Josh Hawley hung up the phone, the Missouri Republican rushed to social media to report on the “great talk” he just had and

The Senate’s deep cuts to Medicaid in the tax and spending megabill are setting off alarm bells among some Republicans, complicating leadership’s effort to get the legislation passed by July 4. It seeks to clamp down on two tactics states use to boost Medicaid funding to hospitals: state-directed payments and Medicaid provider taxes.