Trego County commissioners are asking for $1.8 million in no-fund warrants to help cover a cash shortfall at Trego Lemke Memorial Hospital, which is owned by the county.

Most of the shortfall comes from a temporary 21% reduction in the Medicare reimbursement rate received by the hospital, according to administrator Harold Courtois.  The three-month loss totals about $600,000.

The no-fund warrant resolution is published in this week’s WaKeeney newspaper. There is a 60-day protest period.

Trego County residents would have to repay the money, with interest, during the next four years through a special tax levy.