By Senator Marc Catlin
A $50 billion investment to fund rural health care was in jeopardy in mid-October, when members of the U.S. Senate attempted to strip out the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) program in exchange for opening the U.S. government. The RHT program will allocate $50 billion over five years through the Trump Administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to the states. The RHT program empowers states to strengthen rural communities by improving health care access, quality and outcomes by infusing funds into the hearts of rural health care delivery ecosystems.
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