“This isn't really all that unusual. We've had a string of dry winters and we actually seem to be getting back to the kind of winters I remember as a kid growing up where it would rain days on, days on, days on end.”
“We are confident the hospital would be able to comfortably make the bond payments. Not only do we have the ability to make adjustments in our current budget to accommodate the payments, but we also reasonably anticipate that the new facility will help us capture additional revenue from this growing market.”
“Based on the direction of the board, I will examine and adjust the pricing structure of all of our services. Once all those changes are taken in aggregate, the increase in the overall rates charged by the hospital will likely be somewhere between 15 and 16 percent.”