When the federal government revealed how much money it was giving New Hampshire as part of its Rural Health Transformation Program, Granite State leaders bragged that the state secured more funding than any other New England state (though Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont received more per rural resident, according to a KFF analysis).
However, that could all change soon as the federal government rescores each state based on their first-year performance.
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