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Successful Cleveland Clinic caters to 'paying' patients, cash, check, or insurance
[Politico] CLEVELAND ‐ On the Cleveland Clinic’s sprawling campus one day last year, the hospital’s brain trust sat in all-white rooms and under soaring ceilings, looking down on a park outside and planning the next expansion of the $8 billion health system. A level down, in the Clinic’s expansive alumni library, staff browsed century-old texts while exhausted doctors took naps in cubbies. And in the basement, a cutting-edge biorobotics lab was simulating how humans walk using a cyborg-like meld of metallic and cadaver parts.And about a block away -- and across the street that separates the Clinic from the surrounding Fairfax neighborhood -- a woman named Shelley Wheeler was trying to reattach the front door of her house. She’d had a break-in the night before. Wheeler has lived in the neighborhood for almost 50 years and seen it wither; her street is dotted by vacant lots and blighted homes. Infant mortality is almost three times the national average. But she’s also warily watched as one player continues to grow: The health system with gleaming towers that are visible from her front stoop. "Cleveland Clinic is just eating everything up that they can," she said, pointing to the 17-block stretch of land where the system has steadily expanded -- to the frustration and protests of Wheeler and her neighbors. "At some point, Cleveland Clinic is going to come" for her land, she added. "When, we don’t know. I’m trying to save my house," Wheeler said -- before excusing herself to meet with police, investigating her break-in. Posted by: Besoeker 2017-07-17 |
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