Medical Mayhem;>!

You'd think that an area with so many Retireds that it'd be easy to get a doctor who takes just Medicare....and you'd be WRONG. The problem is that our Retireds here are well off and the Medicals cater to them. Legally, they're required to take a number of Medicare-only clients. This means you're waiting for someone to DIE. And since there's no queue, you just repeat call and hope you catch an office just after they've been notifed one of their Medicare patients have passed. For the last 3 yrs I've had no luck for Chuck. I'd be in the same boat except I was "lucky" enough to have aids/hiv and the State WILL cover us Medicare Cootie Carriers through the health dept. We've joked about me Infecting him but I wouldn't put him through the crap I've gone through. So, we annoy the docs at the clinic he's been treated for Panic Disorder for the last decade for things like BP meds. I'm making it a point his next apt to go in with him if possible because I know he's just telling her "Fine". And he's NOT.
In the last yr he's developed Short-Term Memory Loss and his OCD tendencies are getting worse. He's also losing his temper more. Sadly, it's probably just the combo of normal aging to his damaged brain(he's a Head Trauma Survivor). Healed tissue isn't as strong as uninjured.
Not much to do except what we do; go to "Doc-N-A-Box" for acute moderate problems and the ER for the rest.
Like most of Poor America.....
Cheers,
Pat