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    Comparing States’ Rural Health Fund Allotments to Medicaid Spending Cuts Can be Misleading

    February 6, 2026·Ohio Medicare Planning·1 min read

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    Comparing States’ Rural Health Fund Allotments to Medicaid Spending Cuts Can be Misleading

    This issue brief explains why it can be misleading to compare the first year of Rural Health Transformation Program allocations with estimated Medicaid cuts, which will be implemented on a gradual basis and not fully take effect until 2027, after the rural health fund is exhausted.

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