Move to Europe? —R
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Today I had my first experience of a doctor refusing my medicare insurance. > > This was particularly surprising because I have the Plan > F supplement which purports to pay the difference between the Medicare > schedule and the doctor's normal fee. I even offered to pay for it all > myself and was refused as it's being against the law to pay for treatment > while having insurance of any kind! > > The best they could offer is referring me to a doctor in Los Alamos. (I > think if I'm going to have to move my medical services, I'd more likely > choose Abq, but I'm not sure if that indeed would be better.) > > This is spooky! > > Have any of us had similar experiences? I'm trying to figure out what my > alternatives are. > > - Get off Medicare + supplement plan and pay a great deal for standard > blue cross/shield? > - Move from standard Medicare to the alternative "Advantage" plans? > - Call the doctor every week to see if she's now accepting Medicare? > - Suck it up and start looking outside of Santa Fe? > - Go find a hip doctor and ask what the best approach is! > > > Please let me/us know what your experiences are in this area! Yikes! > > -- Owen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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