{"id":887384,"date":"2026-01-23T21:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/democrats-despise-trumps-signature-law-except-for-the-billions-going-to-their-states\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:32:08","slug":"democrats-despise-trumps-signature-law-except-for-the-billions-going-to-their-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/democrats-despise-trumps-signature-law-except-for-the-billions-going-to-their-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Despise Trump\u2019s Signature Law \u2014 Except For The Billions Going To Their States"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Democrats are praising investments in rural health care created by President Donald Trump\u2019s landmark tax and spending cut law after railing against the legislation for months.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration in late December announced first-year state awards for its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program: a fund created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to help offset GOP reforms to Medicaid. Democratic governors have largely cheered the money allotted to their states despite excoriating the budget law at the time of its passage. (RELATED: Schumer\u2019s Plot To Defund Rural Healthcare Goes Down In Flames)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPennsylvania is home to some of our nation\u2019s finest hospitals and health care providers, but too often folks in rural communities struggle to get access to the high quality care they deserve,\u201d Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wrote<\/a>\u00a0on X following federal officials announcing a $193 million award in the Keystone State. \u201cThis plan will change that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shapiro did not disclose the funding was created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which he panned<\/a>\u00a0during the lead-up to the bill\u2019s passage through Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to ask, knowing just how harmful and unpopular this bill is: Why are they rushing to do this?\u201d Shapiro said in June, referring to Republicans. \u201cWhy are they pushing so hard to screw over so many people who voted for this President?\u201d<\/p>\n

No Democratic member of Congress<\/a> supported the budget bill\u2019s passage<\/a>, citing GOP reforms to Medicaid and food assistance programs. However, some Democrats have begun to publicly support<\/a> or claim credit for popular provisions within the law, including no taxes on tips, air traffic control modernization and security funding for this year\u2019s FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that he expects Democrats to also champion the rural health program, citing the fund\u2019s expected boost to struggling health providers nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019ll see a lot of Democrats out there taking credit for the benefits that rural hospitals are going to derive from this,\u201d Thune told the DCNF in an interview Monday. The majority leader pointed to a $189 million award to his home state of South Dakota, which he described as a \u201cgodsend\u201d for rural hospitals in his state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a clear way of ensuring that over the next five years, rural hospitals across the country are going to get a huge benefit,\u201d Thune continued.<\/p>\n

Every Democratic governor applied for a share of the law\u2019s rural health care fund and federal officials have said\u00a0the average award in each state for 2026 was $200 million.<\/p>\n

The five-year program is designed to help rural hospitals stay afloat amid years of deep financial strain, though some states are proposing to use their funding to improve rural communities\u2019 health care systems more broadly.<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JANUARY 06: U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks during a news conference following a weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Shapiro is far from the only Democrat expressing support for the rural health fund after slamming Republicans\u2019 tax and spending cut law.<\/p>\n

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green argued his state\u2019s $189 million award will \u201cclose the distance between rural communities and the care they deserve.\u201d He argued the budget law \u201cguts funding for healthcare\u201d in a joint statement<\/a> with Hawaii\u2019s congressional delegation in July.<\/p>\n

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, who penned<\/a> an op-ed referring to the \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d as a \u201cbig betrayal,\u201d praised the $221 million award doled out by the Trump administration. The first tranche of funding will \u201cgo a long way in fundamentally changing the health care delivery system for rural communities across the state,\u201d according to Kelly.<\/p>\n

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein also applauded his state\u2019s $213 million award, which he argued will \u201cconnect more people to more high-quality health care.\u201d He previously railed against the budget law as a \u201cdisgrace\u201d and inflicting \u201cdevastating consequences\u201d on North Carolinians.<\/p>\n

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore<\/a> made no mention of Republicans\u2019 budget law in a statement touting a $168 million award.<\/p>\n

Thune argued the rural health care fund will feature prominently in Republicans\u2019 messaging countering Democrats\u2019 attacks on healthcare.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly the Democrats think they have a winner by attacking Republicans for wanting to get rid of waste and fraud in Medicaid,\u201d Thune said, adding that Democrats always oppose reforming entitlement programs. \u201cBut the truth is, we are strengthening, improving and reforming a lot of these programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Federal Medicaid spending is still projected<\/a>\u00a0to increase by 7.9% in fiscal year 2026, according to health-research nonprofit KFF.<\/p>\n

GOP lawmakers have also sharply criticized Democrats for seeking to repeal<\/a> the rural health care fund during the record-breaking government shutdown<\/a> in fall 2025. Democratic leadership\u2019s alternative bill to fund the government would have reversed Republicans\u2019 reforms to Medicaid and repealed the $50 billion program.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats talk constantly about access to healthcare. Yet when Republicans proposed this vital rural healthcare program, every single Democrat voted against it,\u201d Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, the second-ranking Senate Republican, said Tuesday. \u201cThen, Democrats disgracefully tried to defund it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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