Historic funding in rural health care is coming to Georgia.

Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or Working Families Tax Cuts, the largest fund for rural hospitals in history was created – The Rural Health Transformation Program - to ensure all Americans have access to the affordable, quality care they deserve.

The state of Georgia is set to receive a total of $218,862,170, money that will go directly to the communities that need it the most. As a pharmacist, I am proud to have supported this bill and program from day one and am committed to seeing that it is successful in the Peach State.

This groundbreaking initiative, that every single Georgia Democrat – including Senator Jon Ossoff - voted AGAINST, represents the Trump Administration’s commitment to ensuring that your health outcomes are not determined by your zip code. No matter where you live, you deserve to be able to see a doctor when you need to. With this unprecedented investment, Republicans are transforming rural care, making it more effective and sustainable for the long term.

This is a forward-looking fix, not a short-term bandage.

The Rural Health Transformation Program is uniquely designed to meet the needs of rural families while promoting innovation and long-term sustainability of rural health care. This program will help states expand rural access to care, strengthen the rural health workforce, modernize rural facilities and technology, and support innovative models that bring high-quality care closer to home.

I’ve had the privilege of spending time in nearly every Georgia county, and while we have some of the best providers in the nation, the story I hear – particularly in rural areas – is always the same: We don’t have the resources we need to keep our residents healthy.

That is unacceptable; finally, we’re doing something about it – without any help from the Democrats, I might add.

The Trump Administration is committed to strengthening and modernizing rural access to care and supporting the communities that keep our nation running.

This bold investment underscores Republicans’ commitment to rural America—ensuring healthier communities by bringing quality care close to home for rural families.

Just like telehealth brought providers into homes nationwide, this investment will bring health care providers and resources to more patients, bringing us closer to the goal of Making America Healthy Again.

On this week's edition of Buddy's Briefing, we discuss the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act and the positive impact this will have on Georgia's First Congressional District.

America's Forests Are Under Threat

By: Buddy Carter

America’s private forests are a strategic national asset. They provide the raw materials for housing, paper, packaging and renewable energy. They support millions of jobs and anchor rural economies. But that foundation is at risk.

Congress must act swiftly on the Disaster Reforestation Act, or DRA. More than 400 organizations, associations and businesses from across the country have joined this call in a letter to the Trump administration. Their message is clear: America’s forests and the communities that depend on them are at a breaking point. We can’t afford for that line to be crossed.

On March 1, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to strengthen America’s timber supply. It was an important step that recognized how vital working forests are to our housing market, rural economies and national security. But unless Congress acts, the headwinds facing forest landowners will continue to grow, undermining the very goals this directive seeks to achieve.

In Georgia, the impacts of Hurricane Helene were devastating. The storm caused $1.28 billion in timber losses, erasing decades of investment in minutes. The subsequent closures of International Paper’s Savannah and Riceboro mills, which cut nearly 1,100 jobs, have further destabilized Georgia’s forestry sector.

Now, a fourth mill in Georgia has announced it will close, marking the third corporation this year to do so in the state. These closures mirror a national trend as mill shutdowns accelerate across the country, leaving fewer outlets for timber and threatening the entire supply chain.

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