Skyline Hospital is asking voters in west Klickitat County for a levy lid lift for the first time since 1997. Klickitat County Public Hospital District #2 is asking taxpayers to raise the lid from 31 cents to 68 cents per thousand dollars of assessed property value. District board member Jonathan Blake says they are looking to create a more consistent revenue stream to prepare for future needs. Nearly 71 percent of Skyline’s charges were billed to Medicare and Medicaid insurances, which only reimburse for associated costs with caring for patients, so hospital CEO Robb Kimmes says they will never do better than break even on more than 70 percent of the patients it cares for.