Bipartisan Health Funding Deal Earmarks $418 Million for Rural Health

The agreement struck with members of both parties in both houses of Congress would provide more than $116 billion in funding for U.S. health care.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) speaks with press while walking into the House Chambers to vote in Washington on Feb. 25, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

A bipartisan, bicameral agreement on health care spending announced on Jan. 19 includes one element of President Donald Trump’s recently announced Great Healthcare Plan, but makes no mention of the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits.

The agreement provides $116.6 billion to the Department of Health and Human Services, which Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said champions the administration’s Make America Health Again priorities.