N.C. to Apply for Federal Rural Health Aid to Offset Medicaid Cuts

North Carolina -- The RHTP was created as part of H.R. 1, a federal bill signed into law by President Trump in July 2025. While the bill includes sweeping cuts to federal health care spending, a major concern for states like North Carolina, the RHTP is intended to provide a temporary, five-year funding lifeline to rural health care systems.A Growing Crisis for North Carolina’s Rural CommunitiesThe need for this funding is especially urgent in North Carolina, which has the second-largest rural po