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Season 1Episode 359

Breaking Down Trump’s $50 Billion Rural Health Fund

Jan 12, 2026
1:01:11

Episode Description

Rural health experts dig into the Trump administration’s effort to transform rural health care.


Guests:

  • Kevin Bennett, Director Center for Rural & Primary Healthcare; Professor, Family and Preventative Medicine, School of Medicine Columbia, University of South Carolina
  • Paula Chatterjee, Director of Health Equity Research, Penn LDI; Assistant Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Sarah Jane Tribble, Chief Rural Correspondent, KFF Health News
  • Rachel Werner, Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania


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