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Senator Susan Collins announces roughly $190M in rural healthcare funding for next year
STATEWIDE -- Senator Susan Collins has announced more than $190,000,000 in a new wave of funding for rural healthcare in Maine.
Collins says Maine will receive $190,358,993 in second-year funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program.
This award is nearly $360,000 larger than last year’s.
The Rural Health Transformation Program is a $50 billion initiative that was put in place to support rural healthcare systems nationwide over the next five years. Senator Collins worked the program and funding into amendments for the big beautiful bill, which ultimately passed Congress and was signed into law.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will continue to distribute the remaining funding nationwide over the next three years.
“I am pleased that Maine will once again receive $190 million from the Rural Health Transformation Program, plus additional funds to reflect the progress the State has made in implementing the program,” said Senator Collins. “Funding from this program has already been used to protect the Penobscot Community Health Center from bankruptcy and will be crucial to helping rural health care providers in Maine innovate to lower costs and improve health outcomes for Mainers no matter where they live.”
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