Cleveland Clinic

Obama to visit 'role model' clinic in Cleveland (AP) â€" 1 hour agoWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says his trip Thursday to the Cleveland Clinic is aimed at highlighting a system that works well.He says the facility has a system where "patient care is the No.

1 concern" — rather than bureaucracy, forms and reimbursement.At a Wednesday evening news conference, Obama described it as a "role model" for the type of change that Americans want to see.In addition to touring the clinic, Obama will be leading a public forum at nearby Shaker Heights High School.Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.

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