Mississippi lawmakers uneasy about transparency around money for Rural Health Transformation Program

Mississippi lawmakers uneasy about transparency around money for Rural Health Transformation Program

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. As Mississippi prepares to open applications for grants to improve rural healthcare, lawmakers on Thursday voiced concerns about transparency and whether the hundreds of millions of federal dollars awarded to the state will reach and benefit rural communities.  The federal government allocated Mississippi nearly $206 million in December as part of the Rural Health…