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Hospital district candidates focus on rising health‑care costs, access and transparency
Summary
Candidates for Skagit Regional Health board seats discussed funding pressures, workforce retention, access to care and the role of board oversight at a League of Women Voters forum; candidates emphasized growth strategies, employee engagement and communication with patients and staff.
Candidates for Skagit Regional Health oversight seats discussed the district’s financial pressures, access and quality at a League of Women Voters forum.
Jeff Miller, a candidate and incumbent commissioner, said the board prioritized growth—adding patient volume, clinics and services—to spread high fixed costs and capital investments across more procedures, thereby containing patient costs. Miller cited the hospital system’s expansion of urgent care centers and a surgery center and said the district expects…
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