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President Trump highlighted a historic $50 billion, five-year Rural Health Transformation Program under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, with CMS funding awards to all 50 states to modernize rural health care, expand the workforce, facilities, and innovative payment models, while continuing price-transparency and drug-pricing efforts and advocating broader reform.
Montana stands to receive about $233.5 million in 2026 from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, with a potential total of roughly $1.2 billion by 2031 if funding remains level. The state’s plan centers on five initiatives—workforce development, facility sustainability, innovative care models, community health investment, and modern IT—plus a proposed Center of Excellence (costing about $418 million) to assess needs and guide service realignment. Physical infrastructure spending is largely restricted, but funds could cover equipment or IT upgrades; Montana will issue RFPs as projects are defined and submit a revised budget by Jan. 30, with an advisory committee to provide input during the process.
The Trump Administration announced a historic $50 billion investment in rural health care through the Rural Health Transformation Program, with funding allocated to all 50 states over five years, aiming to improve access, modernize facilities, and deploy innovative care models.