Indiana gets $207M from rural health fund

The big picture: The first of five years of awards from the $50 billion fund highlights which states are winners and losers.

• The average award for 2026 is $200 million.
• Alaska, a rural state with unique challenges for health care access, got the second most funding after Texas.

Between the lines: Half the funding is distributed equally among states.

• The other half of funding is distributed based on factors including state-level policies, such as efforts to "make rural America healthy again" like implementing the presidential fitness test in schools.

Zoom in: Indiana's award is more than the $200 million that the state applied for.

• More than half of the funding will go toward regional grants.
• Other priorities for the dollars include workforce development, technology and innovations such as expanded telehealth access.