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Ad Attacks Cleveland Clinic for Being Too 'Woke'

This is a MedPage Today story. Cleveland Clinic officials fired back at a conservative organization's "Woke Alert" attack ad that asked if the large health system was "the wokest hospital in America," saying the ad's claims are "riddled with inaccuracies and lies." The ad, by Consumers' Research, says clinic officials "prioritize care based on skin color, perform child sex changes, push transgender propaganda on vulnerable kids, insert DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] into everything they do, and spend millions on climate activism." The organization also seized on a sentence in a 2023 statement from clinic CEO Tom Mihaljevic, MD, in which he said "providing high-quality healthcare is only part of our mission." Consumers' Research said Mihaljevic's statement is evidence "the Cleveland Clinic is prioritizing woke policies over patients." The 30-second ad, titled "Exposed," is reportedly running on mobile billboards at the Ohio state capitol building, the Cleveland Clinic's...
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