Rural Health

Thurs, Oct 16, 2025:
States jostle over $50 billion rural health fund as Trump’s Medicaid cuts trigger scramble – CBS

Wed, Oct 15, 2025:
RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash – KFF

Fri, Oct 10, 2025:
Trump Called Digital Equity Act ‘Racist.’ Now Internet Money for Rural Americans Is Gone. – KFF

Sat, Oct 4, 2025:
A Freeze on Medicaid Payments Is Forcing Cuts to Rural Health Care. The Trump administration has cut off funding for certain providers around the country whose offerings include abortion. Patients in Maine are among those who will feel the fallout. – NYT

Thurs, Oct 2, 2025:
Trump’s new $100K visa fee could pummel red state hospitals. Rural areas that overwhelmingly voted for the president employ a high concentration of doctors on H-1B visas. – Politico

Mon, Sept 22, 2025:
Rural health clinics are closing after Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ – CNN

Fri, July 18, 2025:
It will be hard not to accomplish more than a little good with 50 billion new dollars for rural health, however much politics is mixed in. Yet, with most of the money distributed before the bulk of the Medicaid cuts hit and the uninsured population swells, it doesn’t seem destined to cushion much of the blow from the Medicaid cuts, which was its intended purpose. – KFF

Wed, July 16, 2025:
KFF Examines $50 Billion Rural Health Fund Included in New Reconciliation Law – KFF

Mon, July 7, 2025:
DCCC targets 35 House Republicans over budget law’s impact on rural hospitals. House Democrats’ campaign arm launches new digital ads in intensifying fight for majority – Roll Call