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 [to rural hospitals]. So 10 billion a year that's going to be distributed to the states, to rural areas, and that is going to add about a third of the money that they now receive from Medicaid. (11:45–11:49)
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Asserts plan to add $50 billion over five years to rural hospitals.
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