SPRINGFIELD (KMHL) – One of the leading Democratic presidential candidates has slammed the Mayo Clinic Health System for its decision to close a couple of its facilities in southwest Minnesota.
Bernie Sanders Tweeted that clinic executives have stripped away access to health care and put profits over people. Sanders has long been a proponent of health care for all Americans.
Mayo Clinic executives have decided to strip away access to health care from tens of thousands of rural Midwesterners—putting profits over people. Under Medicare for All we will end the corporate greed in health care that is leaving rural Americans behind.https://t.co/0niOP7A5TI
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) December 13, 2019
Mayo Clinic generated $12.6 billion in revenue and $706 million in profits last year, but announced the closure of the locations in Springfield and Lamberton in March.
