Alabama has submitted a plan to the federal government for how the state will use $500 million to improve rural health care over the next five years.

According to a release from Gov. Kay Ivey, the state will focus on 11 initiatives to help rural facilities become more financially viable and accessible, and to improve health outcomes.

Of the state’s 52 rural hospitals, 27 are at risk of closing, with 19 of those at immediate risk of shutting down within the next few years.

“As someone from Wilcox County, making meaningful improvements in how we deliver health care in rural Alabama is critically important to me,” said Gov. Ivey in a press release. “Thanks to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, states have an opportunity to make transformational change that will benefit citizens

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