According to an announcement from National Nurses United, the nursing union’s “Bernie Bus” rolled into Ohio Monday ahead of next week’s primary in the Buckeye State. The group endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) for president way back in August, and has been mobilizing the troops for Sanders ever since.
Monday, the Bernie Bus stopped in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, where the City Council voted in December to close the only hospital in town. Cleveland Clinic-affiliated Lakewood Hospital will be replaced by a new Cleveland Clinic outpatient clinic with an emergency department.
The protests worked, because the Council voted unanimously Monday evening to put the closure of Lakewood Hospital on the ballot in November, according to Cleveland.com. That’s fine. Locals should vote on major decisions for their communities.
The problem I have is with the rationale for opposing the closure.
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