Concerns over a Nebraska hospital show how a $50B rural health fund is coming up short
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said the fund would help states design lasting solutions rather than temporary fixes.
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CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said the fund would help states design lasting solutions rather than temporary fixes.
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The article reports that the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program may not prevent financially pressured rural hospitals from cutting services or closing, while states plan to use much of the funding for longer-term projects. The concern is illustrated by a Nebraska hospital that residents rely on and comes amid reported Medicaid cuts and approaching midterm elections.
President whose tax-and-spending law included the rural health fund
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U.S. senator whose Medicaid-cut vote was criticized by a hospital group
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