Health News Federal Funding Cuts Could Impact Already Fragile Rural Health Care

Feds promised "radical transparency" but are withholding rural health fund applications

Some state proposals would use funds from $50 billion rural health program to start drone delivery of medications or to bring telehealth to libraries, day cares and senior centers. Read More

‘Stretched thin’: Medicaid cuts threaten Delawareans’ access to health care in rural areas

Delaware has a plan to transform health care in the state’s rural areas, but is dealing with billions in federal funding cuts. Read More

What to know about the impacts Medicaid cuts are having on rural health care

FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — The closing of a health center in rural New Hampshire has raised concerns that the projected cuts in Medicaid are already taking a toll. Last month, a site of the Ammonoosuc ... Read More

A health center closure in New England town reveals toll of federal cuts on rural communities

Medicaid cuts are being blamed for the closure of a community health center in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Read More

Wisconsin is asking for $1B for rural health care. Here's what it could include.

Wisconsin has asked the federal government for $1 billion to improve rural health care. The money would come from a $50 billion fund included in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act called the Rural ... Read More

Iowa seeks $1 billion from new federal rural health fund amid Medicaid cuts

Surrounded by state lawmakers and health care providers, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs her bill to address the state's health care workforce shortage and increase accessibility to rural health care ... Read More

Community health centers provide care for 1 in 10 Americans, but funding cuts threaten their survival

Affordable health care was the primary point of contention in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which hit 43 days on Nov. 12, 2025. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ... Read More

As Federal Cuts Deepen Mental Health Crisis, Philanthropy Scrambles to Fill the Gap

It’s hardly news that the United States is experiencing a mental health crisis — the CDC says as much. But experts in the field say that the current administration has severely compounded the problem ... Read More

What to know about the impacts Medicaid cuts are having on rural health care

Medicaid cuts are being blamed for the closure of a community health center in New Hampshire’s White Mountains FRANCONIA, N.H. -- The closing of a health center in rural New Hampshire has raised ... Read More