Move to Europe?

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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
>
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