OMB memo halts HHS funding to 1,400 rural health clinics

Community health centers serve more than 32 million Americans—covering one in five rural residents and one in three people living in poverty (NBC News).

On 2025-02-06, the Office of Management and Budget issued a two-page memo directing all federal agencies to pause obligations and disbursements of all federal financial assistance (NBC News).

New York Governor Kathy Hochul reported that her state would forfeit roughly $300 million in federal funding earmarked for rural county health departments due to the freeze (NPR).