Senate Majority Leader John Thune is scrambling to quell the Medicaid-fueled mutiny that’s threatening to derail the megabill on both sides of the Capitol.
In the Senate, “Medicaid moderates” are rejecting Finance’s opening offer of $15 billion for a stabilization fund for rural hospitals to help offset paring back the provider tax in expansion states from 6 percent to 3.5 percent.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) called it “inadequate” and warned that even if leadership goes up to the $100 billion she’s seeking, “that doesn’t solve” her issues with the bill. Thune closed the door to $100 billion soon after.
Multiple senators are threatening they…
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