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Confirm that the Administration (via CMS or another agency) announced and documented first-year rural health transformation awards distributed to rural communities nationwide, including the program name and scope (e.g., awards to all 50 states) and the existence of award notices or press releases.
On December 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that all 50 states would receive awards under the Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion initiative established by President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts legislation, to strengthen and modernize health care in rural communities across the country. The CMS press release states that in 2026 states will receive “first-year awards” averaging $200 million, and it lists award amounts for every state, making clear these are the program’s initial-year grants. CMS’s Rural Health Transformation Program overview and independent analyses of Public Law 119-21 confirm that the program allocates $10 billion per year for FY2026–2030 and that awards for the first year were to be decided by December 31, 2025, aligning with the December 2025 announcement. These facts support describing the action as the Trump Administration announcing first-year rural health transformation awards directed at improving care in rural communities nationwide. Therefore, the statement is True because official CMS documentation and related analyses show that, in late 2025, the Trump Administration (through CMS) did announce the initial year of Rural Health Transformation Program awards aimed at rural communities across the country.