Abahlinzeki bezempilo bayazi ukuthi ukunakekelwa nokwelashwa okunikezwa odokotela nabahlengikazi kubala u-20% kuphela wempilo yomuntu iyonke. Izinqumo zezenhlalakahle zezempilo - izimo abantu abazalelwa kuzo, ukukhula, ukuphila, umsebenzi kanye neminyaka - yizici ezinkulu kakhulu ekunqumeni ukuthi umuntu unempilo kangakanani. Ubambiswano lwezokwelapha nezomthetho luhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obuyingqayizivele babameli kuzilungiselelo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ukusiza odokotela, abaphathi bamacala, kanye nosonhlalakahle babhekane nezinkinga zesakhiwo kumsuka wokungalingani okuningi kwezempilo.
I-Legal Aid Society yase-Cleveland idale ubambiswano lokuqala lwezokwelapha nomthetho e-Ohio futhi lwangolwesine kuphela e-United States lapho senza ngokusemthethweni uhlelo lwethu ne-MetroHealth ngo-4. Namuhla, ubambiswano lwezokwelapha nezomthetho lukhona ezinhlanganweni zezempilo ezingu-2003 ezifundazweni ezingu-450 nase-Washington DC. .
Kuze kube manje, i-Legal Aid isungule ubudlelwano bezokwelapha nezomthetho nezinhlelo ezine zezempilo zaseNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Ohio ukuze kubhekwane nezinkinga ezifana nezimo zezindlu, izithiyo zemfundo, ukuntuleka kokudla okunomsoco, nezinye izinkinga ezihlobene nobumpofu ezithinta impilo nokuphila kahle komuntu. Abameli Bosizo Lwezomthetho baqeqesha abahlinzeki bezempilo ngendlela yokubona izindaba zomthetho zomphakathi eziphazamisa impilo yesiguli. Abahlinzeki bangadlulisela iziguli ku-Legal Aid ngokusebenzisa uhlelo olulula.
Ubambiswano lwethu lwezokwelapha nezomthetho ku I-MetroHealth, okuthiwa i-Community Advocacy Programme, inikeza ukufinyelela ezinsizeni zabameli ezindaweni ezinhlanu: I-Main Campus Pediatrics, Isikhungo Sezempilo Sase-Old Brooklyn (ezigulini ze-Medicare Collaborative Care Partners kulo lonke uhlelo lwe-MetroHealth), Isikhungo Sezempilo sase-Ohio City, Isikhungo Sezempilo sase-Buckeye, kanye ne-Broadway Isikhungo Sezempilo.
Ubambiswano lwezokwelapha nezomthetho ku I-St. Vincent Charity Medical Centre (kusukela ngo-2017) inikeza izinsizakalo zomthetho ngommeli oyedwa kanye nomsizi wezomthetho ezigulini ezisesibhedlela, lezo ezithola ukwelashwa ngaphandle, kanye nalabo abahlala eKhaya likaJoseph. Lokhu futhi kungobunye bobambiswano lokuqala lwezokwelapha nezomthetho olufaka umnyango wezimo eziphuthumayo zengqondo.
Ubambiswano lwezokwelapha nezomthetho ku Izibhedlela zaseYunivesithi (kusukela ngo-2018) inikeza usizo ezigulini e-UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Ahuja Center for Women & Children, esendaweni yaseCleveland's Midtown, ekhoneni lika-Euclid Avenue kanye ne-East 59th Street.
At I-Cleveland Clinic (kusukela ngo-2022) abameli ababili kanye nomsizi wezomthetho oyedwa bazinze kwezokwelapha ekhempasini enkulu yaseCleveland Clinic.