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From Drones to Telehealth: How Your State Plans to Use Millions in Rural Health Funding
The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program links funding to states adopting Trump administration health policies, with $10 billion allocated for 2026 and average awards of $200 million.
- On Monday, the Trump administration unveiled the Rural Health Transformation Program totaling $50 billion over five years and scheduled state awards next year under the One Big Beautiful Bill signed six months ago, officials said.
- Faced with deep cuts to Medicaid, experts say the $50 billion program will not nearly offset losses from Medicaid reductions, which could lead to nearly $137 billion in hospital losses over a decade.
- Implementation rules say states submit spending proposals, and CMS assigns project officers, with half the $50 billion fund split equally and the other half based on a CMS formula, officials said.
- The funding carries immediate risks: administration officials touted a 50% Medicaid boost for rural care, while critics warn funds may be pulled if state policies don't align, and rural hospitals face closure.
- Experts say true innovation is difficult when rural hospitals struggle to break even, and political divides over SNAP benefits restrictions complicate participation between Republican-led and Democratic-led states.
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From drones to telehealth: How your state plans to use millions in rural health funding
The Trump administration has announced the first round of rural health care awards from a $50 billion fund, with half of the funds distributed at the administration's discretion based on ruralness, state performance and policy commitments.
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Trump administration awards rural health 'transformation' grants to all 50
The Trump administration announced hundreds of millions of dollars in new healthcare grants for all 50 states on Monday as part of a program launched by President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act over the summer. The law allocated $50 billio
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