Hennepin Healthcare takes dramatic steps to close $50 million deficit, introduced sales tax revenue switch for the long haul

Hennepin Healthcare is in a desperate fight to stay open.

“It’s very dire, the need is immediate, it’s urgent,” declares Jeffrey Lunde, the chair of the Hennepin Healthcare Systems Hospital Board. “The hospital is a statewide asset, but yet all the expenses are borne by Hennepin County property tax owners, and we need to rechange that mix.”

That urgency is reflected by new changes announced Wednesday…

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