Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws

Legislators in several states have been pushing to end the laws, which have faced scrutiny for decades — under Republican and Democratic administrations. The Rural Health Transformation Program was added to President Donald Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act as an initiative to modernize healthcare in remote areas.

But the Trump administration’s aggressive approach to tie the policies to funding has forced states to reckon with their laws quickly.