{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clyde.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3755", "Rep. Clyde Applauds $93.3 Million Investment to Transform Rural Healthcare Access Across Georgia", "2026-08-27", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Andrew S. Clyde", "C001116", "clyde.house.gov", "clyde", "https://clyde.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) applauded the Trump Administration\u2019s announcement that a $93.3 million investment is being delivered to Georgia to help strengthen rural hospitals and improve health outcomes through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).\n\nThis investment was made possible through Republicans\u2019 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which received Rep. Clyde\u2019s vote and unanimous Democrat opposition, including from Georgia\u2019s Democrat Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. The OBBBA delivered a historic $50 billion investment, known as the Rural Health Transformation Program, to help states modernize rural health.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m deeply thankful for President Trump and his Administration\u2019s implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act\u2019s commitment to invest in and ultimately improve rural healthcare,\u201d said Clyde. \u201cFrom strengthening the workforce to expanding access to critical care, this investment will make a tremendous impact throughout the Peach State, including in the rural communities across the Ninth District. It\u2019s incredible to see the Rural Health Transformation Program in action, delivering on our promise to make rural America healthy again.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nToday\u2019s announcement, which is just one part of the larger overall funding amount awarded to Georgia for Fiscal Year 2026, completes Georgia\u2019s initial Year 1 award cycle.\n\nProjects supported by this funding include:\n\nPreparing rural hospitals for value-based care: Georgia is supporting 87 rural hospitals with pre-implementation funding to prepare for participation in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\u2019 (CMS) AHEAD Model, helping providers build the capacity needed to transition toward more sustainable, accountable models of care.\n\nStrengthening the rural healthcare workforce: Investments are expanding education and training opportunities for nurses, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, while supporting new approaches to recruiting and retaining healthcare professionals in rural communities.\n\nExpanding access and strengthening the continuum of care: Georgia is investing in telehealth access points, maternal and behavioral healthcare, newborn screening, transportation, and other services designed to better connect rural patients with care.\n\nModernizing rural healthcare through technology and innovation: Funding is supporting technology-enabled care and infrastructure, including rural hospital cybersecurity, telehealth capacity, surgical robotics, and other tools designed to strengthen rural healthcare delivery and workforce retention.", 1, "2026-08-28T17:11:49Z", "2026-08-28T17:13:14Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://clyde.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3755"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4412158634513617, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}