The D.C. Council will vote Tuesday whether to take up to $6 million from tobacco and insurance taxes to subsidize Southeast’s troubled United Medical Center, which Councilman David Catania says is losing nearly a half-million dollars every month.

Formerly known as Greater Southeast Community Hospital, the facility has been plagued with serious financial difficulties in recent years, including two bankruptcies.

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