HHS to Probe Civil Rights Complaint Against Cleveland Clinic

The Biden administration will investigate a civil rights complaint that claims the Cleveland Clinic’s Minority Stroke Program and Minority Men’s Health Center both violate federal law by focusing their efforts on specific racial groups.

The complaint was filed in August by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty on behalf of the conservative policy group Do No Harm. It claims the group’s members have been victims of “race discrimination” due to the programs at the prominent Ohio medical center.

The HHS Office for Civil Rights will investigate whether the programs violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on racial grounds in health programs. The complaint alleges the programs violate the law by singling out people for certain services.

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