It is my understanding, perhaps wrong, that it is not the hospital that would be taxed, but the Clinic, and that other clinics similiar in configuration, including those in other parts of the state that are operated by Dartmouth Hitchcock, are taxed. If this is not true I would like clarification myself. Both Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic provide extremely valuable charitable care to the Upper Valley and all of the north country. With slim margins, this care would be sacrificed. I think the city of Lebanon is acting in a very short-sighted way, choosing to ignore the economic and charitable contributions made by the institution, and is being exceedingly inflexible in weighing the cost of having the medical center in the city versus its benefits to everyone in the Upper Valley.
Clinics are debatable.