Sen. Pete Ricketts: Big Beautiful Bill is a huge win for Nebraska's rural hospitals [View all]
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Rural communities are the heart and soul of Nebraska. Their health care needs are unique and require tailored solutions. The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) puts rural patients front and center. It brings care, stability, and reform where it’s needed most. We are providing for rural hospitals so they can continue providing for the Good Life.
Rural hospitals are lifelines for families across Nebraska. They face challenges that urban hospitals don’t. However, our rural hospitals have found ways to adjust and serve their communities.
To support this mission, the One Big Beautiful Bill establishes a $50 billion Rural Healthcare Fund to be distributed over the next five years. Half of the fund is equally split across all 50 states. That’s $100 million guaranteed annually for Nebraska.
The state will be responsible for distributing these funds to rural hospitals. The remaining funds will be distributed by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Rural hospitals will apply to CMS for the grants, which will distribute them based on admission rates, Medicaid share, or will support telehealth, new technology, and data management upgrades.
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