Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States’ Rural Health Fund Plans By Arielle Zionts and Sarah Jane Tribble March 4, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rural-transformation-fund-lawmakers-health-groups-resist-state-spending-plans/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_VW2dEBUyKZJFazyBtFS5vqrEhdFOM_94ml5WCFk6QgMejtS8zMOeC6KMryZn1NngcmXwyLgDbqOX64j-AZ_vijsWbyg&_hsmi=407356794&utm_content=407356794&utm_source=hs_email Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States’ Rural Health Fund Plans By Arielle Zionts and Sarah Jane Tribble Some Republican state lawmakers and state health associations are pushing back against spending plans under the Trump administration’s $50 billion federal rural health fund. Federal administrators already approved states’ plans, but in many cases, state lawmakers must greenlight spending.