Alabama has submitted its plan for the federal Rural Health Transformation Program to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday.

The multiyear, $50 billion program, created by the Big Beautiful Bill Act, aims to provide states with improved access to quality health care in rural areas.

“As someone from Wilcox County, making meaningful improvements in how we deliver health care in rural Alabama is critically important to me. Thanks to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, states have an opportunity to make transformational change that will benefit citizens and communities for generations,” said Ivey. “Making America Healthy Again begins in rural America, and I look forward to the state and federal governments working together to improve health care

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