DNC: Donald Trump Guts Rural Health Care Beyond Repair
January 16, 2026
January 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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Donald Trump Guts Rural Health Care Beyond Repair
Today, Donald Trump held a rural health roundtable to tout his Rural Health Transformation Program. What Trump forgot to mention is that his Big Ugly Bill cut over $134 billion in rural Medicaid funding, yet the rural health fund is projected to cover only about 37% of those losses over the next five years.
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Donald Trump Guts Rural Health Care Beyond Repair
Today, Donald Trump held a rural health roundtable to tout his Rural Health Transformation Program. What Trump forgot to mention is that his Big Ugly Bill cut over $134 billion in rural Medicaid funding, yet the rural health fund is projected to cover only about 37% of those losses over the next five years.
