Among the Cleveland Clinic patients receiving an email last week alerting them to a change in hospital policy regarding copays, requiring them to pay up front for non-emergency visits beginning June 1, or they wouldn’t be seen, were members of the Cleveland City Council.
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Cleveland Clinic to require payment of copays before outpatient visits or appointments will be rescheduled
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“This is a direct attack on people in the middle class and lower class,” said Councilman Richard Starr, who added the council had no clue of the Clinic’s intention before those emails went out last week and believes it’s something that should have been discussed with city leaders…