Betsey Bayless, president and CEO of Phoenix-based Maricopa Integrated Health System, proposed to put a new tax on November's ballot, but the health system's board of directors struck it down, according to a report from The Republic.
The proposal would have asked area voters to raise taxes for a $950 million bond issue, which would have paid for a new county hospital and renovations to current facilities, according to the report.
Board members agreed with Ms. Bayless that the county needs a new hospital, which will serve as the primary teaching and research hospital of the University of Arizona College of Medicine, but the board said the measure "was being rushed onto the ballot without getting extensive public input," according to the report.
Although the measure will not appear on this November's ballot, it could appear on the ballot in two years. Next month, the MIHS board will vote on whether it will start a year-long education program to inform voters and taxpayers of the process of creating a new county hospital.
The proposal would have asked area voters to raise taxes for a $950 million bond issue, which would have paid for a new county hospital and renovations to current facilities, according to the report.
Board members agreed with Ms. Bayless that the county needs a new hospital, which will serve as the primary teaching and research hospital of the University of Arizona College of Medicine, but the board said the measure "was being rushed onto the ballot without getting extensive public input," according to the report.
Although the measure will not appear on this November's ballot, it could appear on the ballot in two years. Next month, the MIHS board will vote on whether it will start a year-long education program to inform voters and taxpayers of the process of creating a new county hospital.
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