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Is Wisconsin getting $200 million from the rural health fund Tom Tiffany voted for?

Matches stated record claim. He voted for the final 2025 law that sets aside $50 billion over five years for rural health; Wisconsin's first-year award is about $203.7 million.

Tom Tiffany

The federal rural health fund

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In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said Congress authorized a $50 billion rural health program, and that Wisconsin will get $200 million from it.

What the record shows ·

The Rural Health Transformation Program is in the final version of H.R. 1. He voted for that final bill on July 3, 2025, and it became law on July 4, 2025. It sets aside $10 billion a year for 2026 through 2030, $50 billion in all, for the program. Wisconsin's Department of Health Services says it received a first-year award of $203,670,005 from CMS.

Limit: $200 million is Wisconsin's first-year award; the later years have not been announced. His separate claim of $1 billion more for Medicaid was not checked.

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  1. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the rural health programhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=3267s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    54:27. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

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  2. H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Sponsor: Rep. Jodey Arrington. Became Public Law 119-21.

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  3. House roll call 190, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The House agrees to the Senate's version of H.R. 1, 2025-07-03. Passed 218-214. Tiffany: Aye.

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  4. Public Law 119-21https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Signed July 4, 2025. Sections 70201 and 70202 create income tax deductions for tips (up to $25,000) and for the extra pay for overtime above the regular rate (up to $12,500, or $25,000 for couples). Both shrink above $150,000 of income ($300,000 for couples) and end after 2028. Section 71401 sets aside $10,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for the Rural Health Transformation Program.

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  5. Rural Health Transformation Programhttps://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/rhtp/index.htm

    Wisconsin Department of Health Services · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Says DHS received a first-year award from CMS of $203,670,005.21 and that CMS has not announced the later four years.

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