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Candidates for Hospital District 304 Spotlight Funding, PeaceHealth Partnership and Service Navigation
Summary
Three candidates for Hospital District 304 — Ellen DeJong, Germaine Kornegay and Robert Stanley — told a League of Women Voters forum they back the district’s partnership with PeaceHealth, are focused on preserving community services and worry about state and federal funding cuts and system navigation for residents.
Three candidates for Sedro‑Woolley-area Hospital District 304 outlined priorities and concerns at a League of Women Voters forum, focusing on the district’s partnership with PeaceHealth, preserving programs funded outside clinical care and preparing for possible state and federal funding cuts. Ellen DeJong, Germaine Kornegay and incumbent Robert Stanley each said the elected board does not run clinical care but is responsible for community and human services the district funds.
The district’s role and relationship with PeaceHealth drew repeated attention. Germaine Kornegay, candidate for Hospital District 304, said the two entities “partner” and that a PeaceHealth representative often attends commission meetings and provides input. Kornegay added that PeaceHealth also “provides some funding for the programs that United General provides.”
Robert Stanley emphasized…
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