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New money for rural health care isn't easing closure worries
Pennsylvania faces deep Medicaid cuts risking a dozen rural hospital closures despite $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program over five years, officials warn.
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Why a $193M injection for rural health care in Pa. isn’t easing closure worries
The five-year Rural Health Transformation Program is meant to expand and strengthen access to care, but state officials and experts warn the money isn’t enough to fix every problem.
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New money for rural health care isn't easing closure worries
BELLEFONTE — The outlook for rural hospitals in Pennsylvania remains grim as the state prepares to make the best of decreased federal investments and faces budgetary challenges that officials say make it impossible to absorb the cuts. Policy experts say the $50 billion, five-year Rural Health Transformation Program won’t offset deep Medicaid cuts approved in a sweeping federal budget package that slashed spending by roughly $1 trillion over the …
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