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Did Perry vote for the $50 billion rural health fund?

Matches stated direction. He backed the law creating a $50 billion rural-health program; Pennsylvania’s first award does not establish prevented hospital closures.

Scott Perry

Rural health fund

Matches stated direction

What they say

Perry cited $50 billion for rural hospitals and said his vote kept them open.

What the record shows ·

He backed H.R.1 on July 3, 2025. It created a $50 billion rural-health program for 2026–2030; Pennsylvania’s first award was $193.3 million.

Limit: The program covers more than hospitals. Saved Medicaid and prevented closures remain unverified.

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  1. abc27 debate, October 14, 2026: Perry on rural health fundhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ZjAk2EtwE&t=990s

    abc27 / WHTM · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Paraphrase from the dated debate’s saved native English captions; no second independent transcript compared. Timestamp links to the statement and its surrounding context.

    candidate statement

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  2. House roll call 190, final H.R.1 concurrence, July 3, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Perry Aye on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R.1; agreed 218–214. This is a vote on the whole bill.

    official legislative record

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  3. Public Law 119-21, section 71401, Rural Health Transformation Programhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Appropriates $10 billion for each fiscal year 2026–2030, totaling $50 billion. Eligible rural-health uses extend beyond hospitals; appropriations do not establish prevented closures or Medicaid outcomes.

    official legislative record

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  4. CMS Rural Health Transformation Program FY2026 state awardshttps://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-announces-50-billion-awards-strengthen-rural-health-all-50-states

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Published Dec 29, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    The FY2026 state table awards Pennsylvania $193,294,054. This is the first-year state award, not a five-year Pennsylvania award or proof a hospital stayed open.

    official office record

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