Congress is gearing up to pass a Farm Bill, which is the legislative package that governs agricultural, food, and other programs at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Typically, Congress renews the Farm Bill every 5 years. The last Farm Bill was passed in...

Rural America is home to more than 62 million people whose access to care and economic stability depend on a strong healthcare infrastructure. Yet rural hospitals, clinics, and workforce pipelines continue to face unprecedented strain. Congress must prioritize funding vital...

Over the past several years, Congress has passed short-term extenders for critical rural health programs and designations. To ensure rural patient and provider stability, NRHA urges Congress to permanently extend or enact at least a 5-year extension for these programs...

Several key rural health programs at the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) need to be authorized in statute or are up for reauthorization.“Authorization” and “reauthorization” mean that programs need language in a statute in order to be established or continued...

Representative Graves (R-MO) and Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) reintroduced H.R. 3684, the Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act. This bill proposes to address key financial and administrative challenges that rural hospitals currently face. The Save...