West Virginia Watch – Gov. Patrick Morrisey is asking for public input on West Virginia’s application for millions of dollars in federal funding meant to target rural health.
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opened the application process for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program on Monday. The program is a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or HR 1, which made historic cuts and changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace.
The law, which President Donald Trump signed in July, is expected to cut federal Medicaid spending by nearly $911 billion over 10 years and result in 10 million people losing health insurance by 2034, according to KFF.
