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Trump's $50 billion healthcare boost targets crisis in rural America

An unprecedented federal investment is on its way to rural communities across the nation to help improve healthcare. The Trump administration is doling out $50 billion in awards in all 50 states. Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said it is the largest program of its kind. “The $50 billion represents a 50% increase in the amount of money they were putting into rural areas for Medicaid,” Oz said during an interview with The National News Desk Taylor Murray on Friday. “And just to put it in context, Taylor, if you live in rural America, your life expectancy is shorter. We’re having a major problem in this country because your zip codes are dictating your life expectancy. You don’t have access to care. There’s not availability of newer technologies. We have problems with maternity mortality rates -- all kinds of problems.” Oz said that’s why President Donald Trump, along with Congress, is giving $50 billion -- $1 billion to each state – over the course of five years. He said the point of the money is not to pay the bills, but to revamp the program and get to the root cause of why it’s not functional. “For example, can we improve the technology that’s available so you get tele-medicine or even technology within hospitals so they can take better care of patients?” Oz said. “How do we connect the bigger hospitals to the smaller hospitals? How do we get people to go work in rural America?” Oz said much of what holds back rural America to be healthy are “old-fashioned rules that just need to be changed.” READ THE STORY: https://thenationaldesk.com/top-video... -------------------------------------- The National Desk (TND) brings you award-winning local storytelling from Sinclair Broadcast Group's local TV newsrooms across the United States and feeds from sources throughout the world. Like us on Facebook for live feeds, video:   / tnd   Follow us on Instagram:   / tnd   Follow us on TikTok:   / tndtok   Follow us on X: https://x.com/TND Read more & watch our videos: http://thenationaldesk.com TND covers content from Sinclair's stations in: Abilene-San Angelo, TX : KTXS Albany, GA : WFXL Albany, NY : WRGB Amarillo, TX : KVII Asheville, NC : WLOS Austin , TX : KEYE Bakersfield, CA : KBAK/KBFX Baltimore : WBFF Beaumont, TX : KFDM/KBTV Birmingham, AL : WBMA Boise, ID : KBOI/KYUU Bristol, VA : WCYB Cedar Rapids, IA : KGAN/KFXA Champaign, IL : WCCU Charleston, SC : WCIV Charleston, WV : WCHS/WVAH Chattanooga, TN : WTVC Cincinnati, OH : WKRC/WSTR Columbia, SC : WACH Columbus, OH : WSYX/WTTE Dayton, OH : WKEF/WRGT El Paso, TX : KFOX/KDBC Eugene, OR : KVAL/KMTR Eureka, CA : KAEF Flint, MI : WEYI/WBSF Fresno, CA : KMPH Gainesville, FL : WGFL Green Bay, WI : WLUK Greenville-New Bern, NC : WCTI Harlingen, TX : KGBT Harrisburg, PA : WHP Jefferson City, MO : KRCG Johnstown, PA : WJAC Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids, MI : WWMT Kirksville-Ottumwa, IA : KTVO Las Vegas, NV : KSNV Lewiston, ID : KLEW Lincoln, NE : KHGI/KWNB Little Rock, AR : KATV Lynchburg, VA : WSET Macon, GA : WGXA Medford, OR : KTVL Mobile, AL : WPMI Myrtle Beach, SC : WPDE Nashville, TN : WZTV Oklahoma City : KOCB/KOKH Pasco, WA : KEPR Pensacola, FL : WEAR/WFGX Portland, ME : WGME/WPFO Portland, OR : KATU/KUNP Providence, RI : WJAR Quincy-Hannibal, IL : KHQA Redding-Chico, CA : KRCR Reno, NV : KRNV/KRXI Rochester, NY : WHAM Salt Lake City : KUTV San Antonio, TX : KABB/WOAI Savannah, GA : WTGS Seattle, WA : KOMO/KUNS Sioux City, IA : KMEG/KPTH South Bend, IN : WSBT Springfield, IL : WICS Steubenville, OH : WTOV Syracuse, NY : WSTM Toledo, OH : WNWO Traverse City, MI : WPBN Tulsa, OK : KTUL Washington DC : WJLA West Palm Beach, FL : WPEC Wilkes-Barre, PA : WOLF Yakima, WA : KIMA This video and all Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information contact us at contentsales@sbgtv.com