Rural Health Transformation Program Won’t Make Up for Federal Budget Cuts, Experts Agree

Photo credit: Official White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Article by Liz Carey. The Daily Yonder – October 6, 2025.

A new program touted to give $50 billion in federal funding to rural hospitals won’t necessarily keep rural hospitals from closing, according to several experts in rural health. The funding is part of a compromise made in Congress to help rural communities after H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” now being rebranded as the “Working Families Tax Cuts Law,” eliminated more than $911 billion from Medicaid. At the time, opponents to the bill argued it would hurt rural hospitals and force many already at risk to close. […]

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