Nebraska expected to receive $218 million in rural health care improvement funds

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said Monday that Nebraska secured the eighth-highest funding total in first-year rural health care improvement plan dollars from Congress’ tax and spending law President Donald Trump calls “big and beautiful.”

In Nebraska, the Pillen administration said in a statement it is aiming the funds announced by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at a sustainable model for rural care that embraces chronic disease prevention and applied technology.

“The partnerships we have built throughout President Trump’s team paid off for Nebraska today in a big way,” Pil...