{"id":51091,"date":"2026-11-10T09:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=51091"},"modified":"2026-11-10T09:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:52:11","slug":"bost-applauds-over-190-million-in-federal-rural-health-funding-for-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/51091-bost-applauds-over-190-million-in-federal-rural-health-funding-for-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Bost Applauds Over $190 Million in Federal Rural Health Funding for Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) today applauded a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\u2019 announcement that Illinois will receive over $190 million in federal funding to strengthen rural healthcare systems and address workforce shortages in underserved communities. The funding was awarded through the Rural Health Transformation Program, which Bost voted to create last year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe Rural Health Transformation Fund is a lifeline for Southern Illinois\u2019 rural communities, improving patient services closer to home and providing additional support for our healthcare workers. I proudly supported President Trump\u2019s Working Families Tax Cuts law, which established this rural health fund, because we need to invest in keeping our hospitals strong and our families healthy.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Rural Health Transformation Program will distribute $50 billion nationwide over five years, with $10 billion awarded annually through fiscal year 2030. This latest investment by the Trump administration brings the state\u2019s total awards to about $384 million over two years.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) today applauded a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\u2019 announcement that Illinois will receive over $190 million in federal funding to strengthen rural healthcare systems [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bost Applauds Over $190 Million in Federal Rural Health Funding for Illinois - 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