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BumRushDaShow

(165,344 posts) Mon Dec 29, 2025, 11:46 AM 4 hrs ago

US allots at least $147 million per state for rural health in 2026

Source: Reuters

December 29, 2025 11:18 AM EST Updated 27 mins ago

Dec 29 (Reuters) - The Trump administration will award between $147 million and $281 million to each U.S. state in 2026 under a new rural health transformation program aimed at improving access to care and the quality of services, a senior White House aide said on Monday.

The initiative, authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, will provide $50 billion over five fiscal years, with $10 billion available annually from fiscal 2026 through fiscal 2030 for all 50 states.

Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said the administration designed the fund to lift rural health outcomes that have deteriorated for decades while avoiding the construction of costly new facilities.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-allots-least-147-million-per-state-rural-health-2026-2025-12-29/

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US allots at least $147 million per state for rural health in 2026 (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago OP

What? Fix the buildings before turning them over to a private equity firm???? nt in2herbs 4 hrs ago #1

don't you agree that it's best... ret5hd 4 hrs ago #2

More bribes going to the highest bidders wolfie001 4 hrs ago #3

Trying to buy votes Bayard 3 hrs ago #4

They'll run it like FEMA. "Request denied". Buddyzbuddy 3 hrs ago #5

This is an ICE Vacuum operation in disguise. bucolic_frolic 3 hrs ago #6

I wonder how many Christian crisis pregnancy centers that fake medical care will be funded. Lonestarblue 3 hrs ago #7

The biggest problem facing rural health Prairie Gates 3 hrs ago #8

This sounds like a simple plan BaronChocula 2 hrs ago #9

Blah, blah, blah. twodogsbarking 2 hrs ago #10

Trump MO: break it and then take credit for "fixing" it. ananda 2 hrs ago #11

take away 100 billion and then give back 10 billion Nigrum Cattus 2 hrs ago #12

in2herbs

(4,170 posts)

1. What? Fix the buildings before turning them over to a private equity firm???? nt

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 11:50 AM

4 hrs ago

ret5hd

(22,154 posts)

2. don't you agree that it's best...

Reply to in2herbs (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:23 PM

4 hrs ago

to do remodeling while the building is empty…because no one can afford to go there?

see, smartest man ever.

wolfie001

(7,017 posts)

3. More bribes going to the highest bidders

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:38 PM

4 hrs ago

Average Joes and Janes will only see a deterioration of care. That's my prediction. republiCONs never fix anything. They only break things and then blame the Democratic Party.

Bayard

(28,425 posts)

4. Trying to buy votes

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 12:45 PM

3 hrs ago

They figure rural equals rethuglican.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,062 posts)

5. They'll run it like FEMA. "Request denied".

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:04 PM

3 hrs ago

Or better yet, "one for you, two for me, one for you.....".

bucolic_frolic

(53,875 posts)

6. This is an ICE Vacuum operation in disguise.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:15 PM

3 hrs ago

Don't be fooled.

Lonestarblue

(13,202 posts)

7. I wonder how many Christian crisis pregnancy centers that fake medical care will be funded.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:23 PM

3 hrs ago

Private equity groups will be salivating over the opportunity to cheat taxpayers and reward their wealthy investors.

Prairie Gates

(7,138 posts)

8. The biggest problem facing rural health

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:27 PM

3 hrs ago

is that people who go to medical school tend to prefer that their neighbors can read and write, know what polenta is, and see value in having museums that celebrate objects other than monster trucks and AR-15s.