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Hennepin County commissioner warns of deep budget cuts, urges state help to avert hospital closures
Summary
Hennepin County Commissioner Kevin Anderson told the Minnetrista City Council that federal and state cost shifts and proposed cuts to SNAP, HUD and Medicaid are creating multi‑million-dollar shortfalls; he said county leaders are pushing a potential 1% sales tax at the Legislature to help stabilize HCMC and county services.
Hennepin County Commissioner Kevin Anderson told the Minnetrista City Council on March 16 that the county faces steep budget pressures from federal and state changes that could force staff reductions and service changes.
Anderson said the county has already identified roughly $20 million in federal cost shifts this year and warned of larger Medicaid and housing funding cuts ahead. “We are looking at trying to cover us of in excess of $350,000,000 every year,” he said, describing combined shortfalls across health care and human services.
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