Has anyone tried to get a new Doctor lately?

Hijinx

Well-Known Member
If you are sick an appointment a week or a month fom now is not a thing you want to hear.
My Regular Doctor appears to be closing down, He is booked solid for the enxt week or so.
I tried some Doctors my firends recommended and one that the hospital recommended. all are either not accepting new patients or are busy far in advance.

Is it any wonder that when you have good insurance and medicare, you are forced into the Emergency Room or to a Fast Track Office.
No wonder the insurance is so Got damned expensive.
 

Clem72

Well-Known Member
There's always urgent care. I usually use them if it's not something requiring a specialist and I don't think I have ever had more than a 20 minute wait (and I almost always wait longer at my actual doctor's office).

We do have some ridiculous waits for specialists down here, but I think that's more a chicken and egg issue. Not enough specialists so many people just go up the road to DC/Baltimore/Etc., and not enough demand down here for new specialists because everyone going up the road.
 

Gilligan

#*! boat!
PREMO Member
After the missus' favorite doctor quit her practice a couple years ago, we quit even trying to find a "permanent" doctor for either of us. There just aren't any. We go to Urgent Care...
 
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My doctor retired last year, and I was really stressed over finding a new one down here. Fortunately, another doctor picked up his practice, well established and respected in this area. That new doc's PA is who I now see, and she's terrific, young and going to be around a lot longer than I am.
 

Starman

New Member
I wonder what portion of the doctor “shortage” is directly caused by ObamaKare? Either through regulations/increased costs making it too expensive to stay in business in that model.

My GP moved to “consigere medicine” and I went with him. This is a model of delivering basic medicine free of insurance hassles. You basically pay a fixed price for a menu of services. I maintain catastrophic coverage by use of insurance.
 

Merlin99

Visualize whirled peas
PREMO Member
My doctor retired last year, and I was really stressed over finding a new one down here. Fortunately, another doctor picked up his practice, well established and respected in this area. That new doc's PA is who I now see, and she's terrific, young and going to be around a lot longer than I am.
I'm guessing you used Dr. Szkotnicki. I feel the same way about Dr. Perrault and his PA., I do miss having Dr. S asking if I'm pooping and peeing ok though.
 

RoseRed

American Beauty
PREMO Member
My doctor retired last year, and I was really stressed over finding a new one down here. Fortunately, another doctor picked up his practice, well established and respected in this area. That new doc's PA is who I now see, and she's terrific, young and going to be around a lot longer than I am.

My PA left medicine in March to teach. I am now seeing a new PA at the office. I was lucky to not have to go search for a replacement.
 
I wonder what portion of the doctor “shortage” is directly caused by ObamaKare? Either through regulations/increased costs making it too expensive to stay in business in that model.

My GP moved to “consigere medicine” and I went with him. This is a model of delivering basic medicine free of insurance hassles. You basically pay a fixed price for a menu of services. I maintain catastrophic coverage by use of insurance.
I just saw this on the news today. Doctors in this plan claim they can provide more time to patients that would otherwise be spent "clicking boxes on a computer" and all the paperwork/redtape associated with insurance. For that monthly fee you can see your doc as many times a month as you want, catastrophic and emergency generally not covered, therein the supplemental catastrophic insurance.
I'm guessing you used Dr. Szkotnicki. I feel the same way about Dr. Perrault and his PA., I do miss having Dr. S asking if I'm pooping and peeing ok though.
Actually, Dr. John Bennett, who passed his practice to Dr. Jeffery Brown. Dr. Brown's CRNP Leigh Freno is my primary provider. Don't know if Brown's group is taking new patients.
 

Hijinx

Well-Known Member
I'm guessing you used Dr. Szkotnicki. I feel the same way about Dr. Perrault and his PA., I do miss having Dr. S asking if I'm pooping and peeing ok though.

I called Dr. Perrault. No appointments in the near future the receptionist said.
 

GURPS

INGSOC
PREMO Member
Is it any wonder that when you have good insurance and medicare, you are forced into the Emergency Room or to a Fast Track Office.
No wonder the insurance is so Got damned expensive.



Obamcare / Medicare - costs are up, payouts down
 

littlelady

God bless the USA
Yes. I have said on here that hub retired earlier than expected. We are 3 years away from Medicare. So, we signed up for Obamacare; no other choice. The cheapest plan was Kaiser Permanente, and just to let y’all know, they suck. No pharmacies accept them, and, apparently, KP only operates out of Kensington in our area; which is not close to us. And, they assigned us docs without letting us choose. We are not happy, and looking into alternatives. Signed up for AARP just for fun, and to see what’s up...it was cheap. Found a prescrip site that is way below cost than we were used to. We only need scrips for cholesterol meds. Need to cut down on the bacon, and all. It is called Blink Health. New enrollment is coming up soon, so we shall see what alternatives we have as far as physicians. When we knew insurance through company was ending last summer, we got the works done from head to toe. Mammogram, bone scans, colonoscopies, arteries sonograms, paps, prostate exam, etc.; all the covered stuff. Clean bill of health for both of us, and don’t have to worry til next check up in July, unless something bad happens. Hope this info helps, y’all. Oh, and thank you, Obama. Have to say glad you are gone. Just sad you didn’t take Pelosi with you. It would have helped if y’all had read what you were legislating, and pushed through with not one Repub vote. Oh well, we will survive, despite your agenda.
 
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mAlice

professional daydreamer
My doc in MD retired shortly after I left. I loved her, and the prospect of finding a new doc, due to her retiring, or me relocating, was daunting. I've been through 4 pain management docs, and 2 primary. I'm done. I've been doing a lot of research, and I've managed to get off of all of my prescription meds. I've been ordering seeds to start a "medicine" garden. I've gone birkenstock-wearing-tree-hugging-herbalist. I'm off of pain meds, statims, and prilosec, that I have taken since it came out. My daily med routine currently is probiotics, prebiotics, honey, garlic, fish oil, magnesium. My diet is in process. Every day I read something else that I need to add to my diet, or take away. I haven't been able to give up the coffee yet, but that will come in time. Doctors don't treat our illnesses. They treat the symptoms. Most of us are sick because we took antibiotics, and out natural flora never balanced out. Big pharn is killing us, and most don't know, or don't care. Doctors are in the bag with big pharm for kick backs. I've decided to take control of my health, instead of letting it control me.
 

mAlice

professional daydreamer
Yes. I have said on here that hub retired earlier than expected. We are 3 years away from Medicare. So, we signed up for Obamacare; no other choice. The cheapest plan was Kaiser Permanente, and just to let y’all know, they suck. No pharmacies accept them, and, apparently, KP only operates out of Kensington in our area; which is not close to us. And, they assigned us docs without letting us choose. We are not happy, and looking into alternatives. Signed up for AARP just for fun, and to see what’s up...it was cheap. Found a prescrip site that is way below cost than we were used to. We only need scrips for cholesterol meds. Need to cut down on the bacon, and all. It is called Blink Health. New enrollment is coming up soon, so we shall see what alternatives we have as far as physicians. When we knew insurance through company was ending last summer, we got the works done from head to toe. Mammogram, bone scans, colonoscopies, arteries sonograms, paps, prostate exam, etc.; all the covered stuff. Clean bill of health for both of us, and don’t have to worry til next check up in July, unless something bad happens. Hope this info helps, y’all. Oh, and thank you, Obama. Have to say glad you are gone. Just sad you didn’t take Pelosi with you. It would have helped if y’all had read what you were legislating, and pushed through with not one Repub vote. Oh well, we will survive, despite your agenda.

Do your research...the bacon is not what's causing your high cholesterol, sugar is the culprit. I'm so sure of this that I made a batch of lard this weekend. I threw out all cooking oils except CA olive oil (this is important), coconut oil, butter, and the lard I just made.
 

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Gilligan

#*! boat!
PREMO Member
My doc in MD retired shortly after I left. I loved her, and the prospect of finding a new doc, due to her retiring, or me relocating, was daunting. I've been through 4 pain management docs, and 2 primary. I'm done. I've been doing a lot of research, and I've managed to get off of all of my prescription meds. I've been ordering seeds to start a "medicine" garden. I've gone birkenstock-wearing-tree-hugging-herbalist. I'm off of pain meds, statims, and prilosec, that I have taken since it came out. My daily med routine currently is probiotics, prebiotics, honey, garlic, fish oil, magnesium. My diet is in process. Every day I read something else that I need to add to my diet, or take away. I haven't been able to give up the coffee yet, but that will come in time. Doctors don't treat our illnesses. They treat the symptoms. Most of us are sick because we took antibiotics, and out natural flora never balanced out. Big pharn is killing us, and most don't know, or don't care. Doctors are in the bag with big pharm for kick backs. I've decided to take control of my health, instead of letting it control me.

:yay:
 

littlelady

God bless the USA
Do your research...the bacon is not what's causing your high cholesterol, sugar is the culprit. I'm so sure of this that I made a batch of lard this weekend. I threw out all cooking oils except CA olive oil (this is important), coconut oil, butter, and the lard I just made.


Thanks for the info. I have always used butter, olive oil (not, necessarily CA), coconut oil, but never lard. I will look into it. I like your countertop and backsplash! Your backsplash reminds me of my china; Mason’s Pink Vista in the pattern. I love the toile of it all. And, I have always enjoyed your posts. :smile:
 
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mAlice

professional daydreamer
Thanks for the info. I have always used butter, olive oil (not, necessarily CA), coconut oil, but never lard. I will look into it. I like your countertop and backsplash! Your backsplash reminds me of my china; Mason’s Pink Vista in the pattern. I love the toile of it all. And, I have always enjoyed your posts. :smile:

That's the pantry. I hated the doors, so I took them off and hung curtains. I also have the matching plates above them, and I'm in the process of putting those curtains all the way around the keeping room. I'm not crazy about the countertop, but thank you.

As for my posts, I'm glad you enjoy them.

Olive oil from other countries does not have the same oversight as olive oil grown and processed in the states. So, you're not always getting 100% olive oil if it's bottled outside the states. CA is not the only state that bottles it, but it seems to be the primary source.
 
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