Trump’s $50 Billion Rural Health Fund Fails to Reopen North Carolina Hospital

8 articles · Updated · NPR · May 22

$50 billion in new rural health funding backed by Republicans is not expected to help reopen Martin County’s only hospital in North Carolina.
The gap highlights limits in Trump’s rural health fund, which does not fit the years-long local effort to restore hospital services there.
Republicans have promoted the money as a boost for rural America, but Martin County shows some communities may still be left without a hospital.

With a $50B fund unable to save hospitals, what does the future of rural healthcare in America actually look like?

Can a North Carolina town reopen its hospital when a massive federal health initiative offers no direct help?