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1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2019 04:01:39 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

   Ohio's 100 largest employers - 2019 rankings led by Cleveland Clinic, Walmart, others http://s.cleveland.com/sC8SRxl

   Top 10 are: 1 Cleveland Clinic, 2 Walmart, 3 Kroger, 4 Ohio State University and Medical Center, 5 Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc., 6 (tie) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 6 (tie) University Hospitals Health System, Inc., 8 OhioHealth, 9 ProMedica Health System, 10 JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   Anybody notice any problematic trends here? Hospitals are the largest employers in this state!

   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2019 15:40:01 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     @alpacaherder If they are prestigious specialty hospitals (e.g., NIH-affilliated cancer hospitals) that might be a good thing. It would mean patients are probably travelling from elsewhere to spend lots of money in #OH.
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     Consider my hometown's local economy: a few hospitals and school districts--and Walmart--are the biggest local employers, and for anything serious, patients have to travel out of area. Retail and food, medical, government and education are the five biggest local "industries". Most everyone else commutes 50+ miles to work elsewhere.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2019 15:55:02 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

     @lnxw48a1 Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals are ranking prestige providers. The House of Saud owns a wing at Clinic for when they get sick rather than get care in Riyadh.