Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn criticized the Biden administration’s push to expand Medicaid as a means of improving rural access to healthcare, arguing instead for a block grant financing system endorsed by conservatives for its potential to lower state spending.

“I think Tennessee actually went about this the right way,” Blackburn told the Washington Examiner. “Basically, the state will be able to use the federal funds and keep part of what they’ve been saving the federal government.”