Duluth nurses and providers sound the alarm as Essentia pockets tax breaks, cuts patient care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Shannon Cunningham
(c) 651-269-1418
shannon.cunningham@mnnurses.org
(Duluth) – May 20, 2025 – Earlier today, frontline healthcare staff and community members in Duluth raised urgent concerns about declining patient care and unsafe staffing levels at Essentia Health — even as the not-for-profit system receives millions in tax exemptions meant to benefit the public.
Since the 1950s, hospitals have had a public health mandate to give back to their communities with the savings major tax breaks give them. Yet, a new report by the Minnesota Nurses Association and National Nurses United found that major Minnesota hospitals, including Essentia Health, are breaking their bargain with the public.
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