Longyear Health November 26, 2025
A $50 Billion Investment in America’s Rural Healthcare Future and a Big Health Technology Market Expansion
The federal government has launched an unprecedented initiative to address the health care challenges facing rural America. The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program represents the largest single investment in rural health care infrastructure and delivery in U.S. history, providing $50 billion over five years ($10 billion each year) to transform how approximately 60 million rural Americans access and receive medical care.
Many rural communities are expected to face significant cuts from other provisions of the reconciliation bill that created the fund, so this fund was established to make up some of the expected budget shortfalls from Medicaid cuts. Medicaid is critical for health care...







