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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Medicaid gives about 7% of its funds to rural hospitals.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 11:30

I also want to thank President Trump for the big beautiful belt. To save the American farmers, we need to save rural America. Right now, Medicaid gives about 7% of its funds to rural hospitals. 7%. It's about $20 million a year. $20 million a year. We are now going through the rural transformation bill. We're going to add another 50 billion over five years. (11:30–11:36)

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