By Hannah Harris Green
Publication Date: 2025-12-14 12:00:00
For states to receive certain funding included in the Trump administration’s “big, beautiful” bill, they must meet three of 10 criteria — including integrating more artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into health care facilities — that experts say could bring significant benefits and harms to underfunded hospitals depending on implementation.
The Rural Health Transformation Fund is a carve-out that will provide $50 billion over five years to states that meet certain application criteria, including “consumer-focused, technology-driven solutions for chronic disease prevention and management” and “providing training and technical assistance to develop and deploy technology-enabled solutions that improve health care in rural hospitals, including remote monitoring, robotics, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies.”
Analysts have noted that this $50 billion will not be nearly enough to offset the costs of Congress…