The House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services (L-HHS) Subcommittee passed its fiscal year (FY) 2027 funding bill out of the Subcommittee and sent it to the full House Appropriations Committee. The bill includes robust funding for rural health programs, despite proposals in the President’s FY 2027 Budget Request (PBR) to eliminate of many core programs such as the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex), the State Offices of Rural Health (SORH), the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program, and the Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program. 

NRHA is ecstatic to see Congress’ strong support for rural health through increased funding for many of our core rural programs at FORHP, including increase over the FY 2026 enacted levels and the FY 2027 PBR. 

We encourage you to use our advocacy campaign to urge Congress to fully fund rural health programs and pass a comprehensive FY 2027 appropriations package that is reflective of funding levels for rural health programs in the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) FY 27 requests.