Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Withhold $50B Rural Fund Details

Republicans left tribes out of their $50B rural health fund. Now it’s up to states to share • Washington State Standard

(Photo by Thomas Barwick/Getty Images)The Trump administration is touting its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program as the largest-ever U.S. investment in rural health care. But the government made minimal mention of Native American tribes in sparsely populated areas and in need of significant improvements to health care access. Federally recognized tribes can’t directly apply for a share of the rural health fund — only states can. And…

Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Withhold $50B Rural Fund Details

Medication-delivering drones. Telehealth at libraries. Church-hosted wellness events. These are a few ideas proposed by states in their bids to win a portion of the new $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program. Congress approved the five-year spending plan in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the same law that codified nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid spending reductions. That law is expected to have an outsize effect on rural America…

Lankford Leads Delegation Urging Federal Approval of Rural Health Proposal

U.S. Senator James Lankford, joined by U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin and Oklahoma’s federal House delegation, sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director Mehemet Oz urging approval of the state’s Rural Health Transformation application. “This program presents a generational investment into rural health care that seeks to promote innovation, strategic partnerships, infrastructure development, and workforce initiatives acro

Lankford Leads Oklahoma Delegation in Support of Rural Health Transformation Proposal - Oklahoma Farm Report

US Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), along with Representatives Tom Cole (R-OK), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), and Josh Brecheen (R-OK), sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Director Mehemet Oz urging approval of the state’s Rural Health Transformation application, which outlines targeted steps