US EditionRFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash
The $50 billion fund aims to transform rural health care but covers less than a third of projected Medicaid cuts totaling $137 billion by 2034, experts say.
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States jostle over $50 billion rural health fund as Trump's Medicaid cuts trigger scramble
Washington — Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint idea.Rather, states should submit applications that “rebuild and reshape” how health care is delivered in rural communities, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official Abe Sutton said late last month during a daylong meeting at D.C.’s Watergate Hotel. Simp…
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RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash
“It’s going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sept. 4, 2025, in a Senate hearing At a September Senate hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. boasted about a rural health initiative within President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” “It’s going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American h…
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