Iowa’s congressional delegation pushes to secure $1B for rural health

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DES MOINES — Iowa’s congressional delegation is urging the federal government to green-light $1 billion in funding from a recently passed spending bill to go toward bolstering Iowa’s rural hospitals and clinics.

This week, Republican Iowa U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ashley Hinson, Zach Nunn and Randy Feenstra sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz requesting the department approve funding from the Rural Health Transformation Program, an initiative created by the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law in July.

The legislation’s $50 billion initiative is aimed at helping states offset the impact of the cuts rural hospitals will f