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Boccieri, Fudge, Kilroy, Wilson on board; 2 others haven’t said
S abrina Eaton Plain Dealer Bureau

Four Ohio Democrats decide to vote for health reform bill
Tort reform’s effect on costs still hard to gauge years later
Stephen Koff Plain Dealer Bureau Chief Obama Pelosi

Today’s News MARCH MADNESS

Was hin gton — Ohio Democrats John Boccieri of

Alliance, Marcia Fudge of Warrensville Heights, Mary Jo Kilroy of Columbus and Charlie
Wilson of St. Clairsville came off the fence Friday and announced they would support
the $940 billion health care reform package before the House of Representatives.
Boccieri, who faced intense pressure from both sides on the issue, announced his
decision at a Capitol Hill news conference surrounded by constituents who are having
difficulties finding medical insurance and paying health care bills. “These families
are the face of the 16th Congressional District and the face of Ohio,” Boccieri
said. Another factor in Boccieri’s decision was the case of Medina’s Natoma Canfield,
who lives in Boccieri’s district. Her health insurance woes were highlighted by
President Barack Obama at a meeting with insurance

Last-minute deals

R President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continue to try to pull enough
votes together to pass the health reform legislation. Details, A4 R Local hospital
executives await outcome. Details, A6

cleveland.com/open
Join us at 12:45 p.m. Sunday for a live chat on the impending, historic vote on health
care reform.

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W a s h i n g t o n — As the House of Representatives prepares to vote Sunday on
a package that Democrats say will make health care more affordable, critics insist
not only that the “big government takeover of health care” is unwarranted, but
also that a part of the solution is so obvious it’s a crime Democrats failed to
embrace it. It’s called tort reform, or putting the brakes on junk lawsuits. If
doctors and hospitals don’t need to worry about defending themselves against baseless
malpractice lawsuits, they’ll stop ordering needless, duplicative tests and halt
the practice of defensive medicine, Republican congressional leaders say. It’s
an easy and necessary way to bring down costs for all Americans, they argue. The
problem is, Ohio has already taken that step, as have many other states. Yet five
years after a difficult but successful fight in Columbus to pass tort reform, healthcare
costs in the state have not gone down.
see TORT A6

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Ohio State Buckeyes outlast the Gauchos of the University of California at Santa
Barbara, 68-51. Above, UC Santa Barbara’s Orlando Johnson, center, is surrounded
by Ohio State’s William Buford, left, and David Lighty in the first half.

Buckeyes get first-round victory

Details in Sports

CWRU takes over iconic temple for use as performing arts center
WORLD
Progress toward Mideast talks

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hails “useful and productive” signs
from Israel as the so-called quartet of Middle East peacemakers called on Israelis
and Palestinians to resume stalled negotiations. Details, A3

METRO
Child welfare cases reviewed
An independent board will examine actions of Cuyahoga County’s child-welfare agency,
after the killings of two children and the malnourishment of two others raised questions
about the agency’s oversight. Details, B1

Slow going for musher: Emil Churchin, the

Olmsted Falls High School graduate who recently raced in Alaska’s Iditarod dog
sled race, was forced to drop out. He’s disappointed for not completing the race,
but he may try again someday. Details, B1

Maltz donation of $12M goes to renovations
Steven Litt Plain Dealer Architecture Critic
The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, a beloved but aging and underused icon,
will soon start a new double life as a performing arts center for Case Western Reserve
University and as a place of worship. The Maltz Family Foundation, part of the Jewish
Community Federation, announced Friday that it will donate $12 million to CWRU so
it can renovate the temple building to house its programs in dance, theater and music.
Under the agreement, the temple will give the richly historic building to CWRU but
will retain the right to use it for 99 years for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services,
the consecration and confirmation of religious-school students, and other holidays
and events including weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs and funerals. “It is such a
win, win, win, win, win,” said Rabbi Richard Block, senior rabbi of the temple.
“When this thing is finished, it’s going to be something that’s bigger than
any of us could have imagined.

BUSINESS
Feds shut down Parma bank
Regulators close American National Bank of Parma, as the single-branch lender became
the state’s first failed bank this year. The National Bank and Trust Co., based
in southwest Ohio, is taking over American National’s deposits and customers. Details,
C1

Money Matters: Plain Dealer columnist Details, C1

Teresa Dixon Murray reports on when you have to pay taxes on online sales, such as
on eBay.

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHUCK CROW; MAP BY WILLIAM NEFF THE PLAIN DEALER

The Temple-Tifereth Israel, at top, will be used for dance, theater and music programs
at Case Western Reserve University after a $25.6 million renovation. At left, Milton
and Tamar Maltz announce Friday their family foundation’s gift of $12 million toward
that renovation. ’’

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Deal helps Jewish community continue tradition
Mich ael O’Malley Plain Dealer Reporter
For 86 years, The Temple-Tifereth Israel has stood as a monument to Cleveland’s
vibrant Jewish heritage, tracing the roots of its congregation to the middle of the
19th century, when it was founded as the second synagogue in the city. Over the decades,
it became world-renowned for its religious studies, Jewish art and proactive Zionism.
It welcomed dignitaries, artists and distinguished religious leaders of all faiths.
And it buried many prominent Cleveland citizens, including Al Lerner, head of MBNA
Corp. and owner of the Cleveland Browns. Tifereth Israel (pronounced tif-AIReth)
is the last major synagogue within city limits — there’s a small temple on Cleveland’s
far West Side — as Jews, like Catholics and other denominations, have migrated
to the suburbs, building contemporary structures and abandoning classical landmarks
in old urban neighborhoods. Even Tifereth Israel has one foot in the suburbs with
its Beachwood campus, keeping the urban site on East 105th Street near Chester Avenue
only for high holy day services, bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals.

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