Candidate for
Board Member; Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System

Pat Egan is a local high school teacher who has served the Salinas Valley for over 30 years (at Palma, King City, and Alisal High Schools) who has a long background in working to ensure affordable healthcare. Pat Egan is dedicated to help create innovative strategies to reduce hospital costs, make SVMH run more efficiently, and see that middle-class, working families are not excluded from the high quality medical care that SVMH is rightly proud of.

Pat Egan will provide an independent perspective, will serve as an advocate for taxpayers and middle-class, working families struggling to pay the bills in the midst of a worsening economy. He will insist that SVMH's rates are reasonable and affordable to that local residents can utilize its services and insurance companies will continue to pay for its services while still maintaining its high standards of excellence.