The Republican senator introduced a bill Tuesday that would block restrictions on key strategies that states rely on to finance Medicaid and double a rural hospital fund.

Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has filed a bill to stop future reductions of Medicaid. The legislation comes just two weeks after he voted in favor of U.S. President Donald Trump's spending bill, which is expected to cut billions from Medicaid.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a legislation Tuesday to halt any future cuts to Medicaid hospital funding, two weeks after voting for the slashes as part of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill.