City Council Balks at Hospital Fees
Tacoma officials clash with Fannie Paddock Hospital over the rising costs of public health and scarlet fever care.
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The finance committee of the council last night turned down two bills from Fannie Paddock Hospital for $29 and $72 respectively, for care given scarlet fever patients sent there by the health officer because he had no other place to send them. The committee thought the bills too high. Such bills are constantly bobbing up in the council and the solons are trying to devise some way to avoid this drain on the city. The mayor and health officer have suggested a city hospital, but this would cost even more.
“Such bills are constantly bobbing up in the council and the solons are trying to devise some way to avoid this drain on the city.”
The perennial struggle of city councils to balance public health responsibilities with budget constraints is an evergreen issue in Tacoma, echoing the ongoing municipal debates about the cost of public services and hospital funding.
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