A NO vote on Prop 480 is the only way to get NAH to address the many unanswered questions residents have raised including concerns about the current FMC campus, the impact on neighborhoods, transportation, long-term taxpayer costs, etc. A NO vote on Prop 480 gives citizens leverage in this important exchange.

We believe there are a host of viable solutions to providing healthcare to our region that ought to be given serious consideration. A NO vote on Prop 480 gives Flagstaff citizens and NAH time to explore practical options that do not involve a mega-development and the abandoning of the current FMC campus.

A NO vote on Prop 480 gives NAH the opportunity to devise a plan for community health that does not silo health care but extends it out into the community—and keeps the FMC campus, avoiding the problems related to vacancy. This is the model NAH has embraced for decades—and it is the most affordable model of healthcare in the U.S. It is the reason why NAH built a beautiful Children’s Health Center/Children’s Rehabilitative Services on US-89 (in the renovated Lazy Boy furniture store). It is the reason why NAH just opened the EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine clinic in Flagstaff on S. Thompson Street.

Can NAH continue to upgrade our hospital on the hill? Yes, they can! We know they can because NAH announced their intent to do just this in their 2019 New Era Strategic Plan, which allocated $300 million to upgrade and expand their services and renovate their facility. A 2021 Hospital Construction Survey reported that “hospitals continue to focus primarily on renovation versus new construction and outpatient versus inpatient projects.”