- Dates
- 1991-03-31 – 1991-04-01
- Kind
- Closure
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarepublic-servicegovernancecommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1991 Beaver Beacon reported that state funding for the Beaver Island Medical Center would end March 31 or April 1, 1991. Island officials and residents were seeking replacement funding while the resident nurse practitioner was serving in the Persian Gulf war.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper report and reprinted agency correspondence, not a grant award, budget, contract, or later account of the center’s operating outcome.
Sources
- Reports that state funding would end March 31, after Nurse Practitioner Mike McGinnity left for the Persian Gulf war; quotes island residents and Medical Center board president Philip Lange, describes advocacy with public officials, and identifies possible federal, hospital, millage, and local funding alternatives. The reprinted Department of Public Health letter says the current $58,000 level would be reduced to a maximum of $29,000 for October 1, 1990 through March 30, 1991, with funding ceasing April 1. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1991-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the funding report and reprinted public-health correspondence.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-03_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that Governor Engler vetoed the 1991–92 state funding line despite prior expectations, leaving the Medical Center’s operating finances at risk and prompting an appeal for alternate support. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1991-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page issue scan confirms the funding-crisis report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-10_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that legislation allowed a late November election and that voters passed a two-mill increase in both townships on November 25 to keep the Medical Center operating while federal funding was pursued. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1991-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-three-page issue scan confirms the funding and millage outcome report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-11_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports the joint township procedure for holding and quarterly disbursing the new Medical Center millage beginning in January 1992, with quarterly financial summaries and an annual budget. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1991-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page issue scan confirms the millage-administration follow-up.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Medical Center faces loss of state funding, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-center-funding-cut-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1991, “FUNDING TO END FOR BEAVER ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER.” (and 7 further sources listed on the page).
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