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Trump says $50B rural health plan funded by cutting Medicaid 'waste, fraud and abuse'

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2 weeks ago

President Donald Trump is celebrating an increase in funding for healthcare focused particularly on rural communities across the country. Trump said the move was made possible by cutting "waste, fraud and abuse from Medicaid.""As part of the Great Big Beautiful Bill, we've increased, and we have increased funding for the healthcare by an unprecedented $50 billion. That's rural healthcare. Nobody thought that was going to happen," Trump said during a roundtable on Friday.The One Big Beautiful Bill directs half of the rural health funding to be distributed evenly among all 50 states, with the re...