But public outcry over Medicaid cuts led Republicans to include a provision that will provide $10 billion annually to buttress rural hospitals over the next five years, or $50 billion in total. Many rural hospital advocates are wary that it won’t be enough to cover the shortfall.

One analysis reveals that over 300 hospitals may be in danger of closing under the Republican legislation which will slash roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over ten years.

States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already financially fragile rural hospitals

The House is expected to take up Senate Republicans’ version of the reconciliation package on Thursday, following debate time. If it passes without changes it would make President Trump’s tax cuts permanent,

But almost all of the Republican holdouts on the megabill flipped and voted to advance the legislation early Thursday — setting up a final vote. During the all-nighter, GOP leaders kept the procedural vote open for almost six hours as they worked to flip 12 votes.