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States Bet Big on Rural Health Startups With a Silicon Valley Playbook
Key Takeaways
- Louisiana set aside $20 million per year for five years to invest in startup rural health care companies.
- State chief innovation officer Josh Fleig called the commitment "a lot of money for what we do."
- States are drawing on their share of the $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program.
- Lawmakers created the rural program to offset more than $900 billion in reduced Medicaid spending projected over 10 years under the 2025 tax and spending law.
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DT Editorial Team··via medicalxpress.com