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Kenmore council endorses Evergreen Health levy lid lift; CEO warns of Medicaid funding threat
Summary
Evergreen Health representatives asked Kenmore council for support of a levy lid lift that would increase the general levy from $0.14 to $0.50 per $1,000 of assessed value to expand local primary care, behavioral health and preserve services. The council adopted a resolution supporting Public Hospital District No. 2 Proposition 1 unanimously.
Dr. Ettore Palazzo, CEO of Evergreen Health, presented the hospital district’s request for a maintenance-and-operations levy lid lift that will appear on the Aug. 5 primary ballot as Public Hospital District No. 2, Proposition 1. Palazzo said the district is seeking to raise the general levy from the current $0.14 per $1,000 assessed valuation by 36 cents to $0.50 per $1,000 to align with other public hospital districts and to fund expanded primary-care access, embedded behavioral health in clinics, imaging and equipment upgrades, and procedural capacity.
Palazzo described broader financial…
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