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# Trump Administration’s Historic Rural Health Care Investments Hailed Nationwide

The White House
January 2, 2026

Through the President’s landmark Working Families Tax Cuts legislation, unprecedented investments and resources are being directed to states to strengthen rural health care access across the country.

This week, the Trump Administration announced the first-year rural health transformation awards to rural communities across the country. President Trump and Republicans are ensuring that families can receive high-quality care no matter their zip code—promises made, promises kept.

All 50 states tout the Trump Administration’s investments in rural health care:

📍 Alabama: Yellowhammer News: Alabama awarded $203 million under Trump administration’s state-driven rural health transformation plan

📍 Alaska: Anchorage Daily News: Alaska gets $272M in federal funds for ‘rural health transformation’

📍 Arizona: Arizona Capitol Times: Rural hospitals get lifeline from $50 billion fund

📍 Arkansas: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Arkansas awarded $208.8 million from federal rural health fund

📍 California: Sierra Sun Times: ‘California Receives $233,639,308 as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health in All 50 States’

📍 Colorado: Vail Daily: Rural Colorado hospitals, health centers expected to see $1B in federal investments over next 5 years

📍 Connecticut: Hartford Business Journal: CT to receive $154M from federal government to boost rural health

📍 Delaware: Spotlight Delaware: Feds award Delaware nearly $160 million for rural health expansion

📍 Florida: Florida Phoenix: Trump administration awards Florida $209M for rural health improvements

📍 Georgia: WSBTV: Georgia to get $218.9 million in rural health funding from US government
📍 Hawaii: KHON: Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached
📍 Idaho: KREM: Idaho to receive more than $185M for rural health transformation program

📍 Illinois: FOX Illinois: Trump administration pours billions into health care in rural areas of US
📍 Indiana: WIBC: Indiana to Get Over $200 Million from CMS to Improve Rural Health Care
📍 Iowa: Des Moines Register: Iowa wins $209M federal grant to expand, improve rural health care
📍 Kansas: KSN: Kansas getting $222 million for rural health
📍 Kentucky: Lex18: How a new $50 billion CMS program plans to transform rural health care in all 50 states
📍 Louisiana: NOLA: Louisiana will get $208M to help rural health care. Here’s how it will be used.
📍 Maine: WMTW: Major federal investment to help support rural health care in Maine
📍 Maryland: Baltimore Sun: Maryland receives $168M to boost rural health care

📍 Massachusetts: Mass Live: Federal program awards Massachusetts $162M to address rural health care gaps

📍 Michigan: MLive: Michigan to get $173M in federal funds to ‘strengthen rural health’
📍 Minnesota: KAAL TV ABC 6 News: Minnesota to receive $193 million in funding for rural health care

📍 Mississippi: WJTV 12 News: Mississippi receives nearly $206M to strengthen rural healthcare

📍 Missouri: ABC 17 KMIZ: Missouri awarded $216.3 million from federal rural health care program
📍 Montana: NBC Montana: Montana receives $233 million investment for rural health care
📍 Nebraska: Nebraska Now News: Nebraska awarded more than $218 million through Rural Health Transformation Program

📍 Nevada: KSNV: Nevada awarded nearly $180 million for rural healthcare initiatives
📍 New Hampshire: Union Leader: NH lands $204M to transform rural health care

📍 New Jersey: Gloucester City News: All 50 States Will Receive Historic Funding from Trump Administration to Strengthen Rural Health Care
📍 New Mexico: Albuquerque Journal: New Mexico gets $211 million under new rural health program

📍 New York: Finger Lakes: Federal funds boost rural hospitals in upstate New York
📍 North Carolina: WSOC: $213M federal grant to enhance rural healthcare in North Carolina
📍 North Dakota: North Dakota Monitor: North Dakota receives $199 million in federal grant for rural health care
📍 Ohio: Lima Ohio News: Ohio to see $200 million for rural health

📍 Oklahoma: News on 6: Oklahoma secures $223 million to expand rural healthcare access
📍 Oregon: Boiler Bay Beacon: Oregon Lands $197.3M in Federal Rural Health Funds
📍 Pennsylvania: Erie News Now: Dr. Oz Explains Rural Health Transformation Program
📍 Rhode Island: The Newport Buzz: Trump Administration Awards Rhode Island $156M for Rural Health Care
📍 South Carolina: SC Daily Gazette: SC to receive $200M in first rural hospital funding allocation
📍 South Dakota: Dakota News Now: $189.4 million secured for South Dakota rural health funding
📍 Tennessee: Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tennessee, Georgia both get over $205 million in federal funds for rural health

📍 Texas: KHOU: A massive federal investment is coming to rural Texas health care
📍 Utah: St. George News: ‘Historic’ $195M investment set to reshape health care in rural Utah
📍 Vermont: WCAX: Trump administration awards $50B to states to strengthen rural health care
📍 Virginia: Fauquier Times: Virginia awarded $189 million rural health grant
📍 Washington: NBC NonStop Local: Washington to benefit from new federal rural health funding
📍 West Virginia: News and Sentinel: West Virginia awarded nearly $200M through federal Rural Health Transformation program
📍 Wisconsin: Spectrum News1 Milwaukee: Wisconsin receives more than $203 million for rural health care investments
📍 Wyoming: Casper Star-Tribune: Wyoming granted more than $205 million from federal rural health program

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