WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sen. Susan Collins issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that Maine will receive $190 million in first-year funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), a $50 billion initiative that will be awarded over five years that she proposed to support rural health care systems across the country. Maine's population is the oldest of any state in the nation and is among the most rural, placing unique strains on its rural health care system.
"I proposed $50 billion in funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program to help give rural states like Maine the resources they need to keep health care available close to home...