Kansas City Fears Health Levy Cuts

A peek at one more local tax issue cutting where it hurts most . . . 

"For the first time in nearly four decades, the city is ready to undertake a review of health providers in order to understand which ones deserve a piece of health levy funding — and which may not. 

"The effort, launched late last year before being paused in January, has sent waves of uncertainty across the city’s health care landscape. 

"The city says it needs a better assessment of which Kansas City health providers are best equipped to meet the city’s health care needs. But the providers currently receiving levy funds fear losing any amount of city support at a time federal and state funding are under serious threat."

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The property tax that generates about $70 million annually, including $34 million for safety-net providers, is meant to benefit the city's poorest patients.