doctors/Medicare and Medicaid

[Guest guest]

To everyone,

I have run into a couple of experiences where I have

been referred to a specialist, depending on my problem

and have had the very distinct feeling that the doctor

did as little as possible and was looking for the

quickest way to find as little as possible and not

want a followup appointment because I am a

Medicare/Medicaid patient.

I am curious how many others have run into the same

situation. It is no secret doctors do not get paid

nearly what they charge from Medicare/Medicaid

patients. I do believe some doctors are looking at

what goes in the bank account over what they can do

for a patient. This is definately not true of all

doctors, thankfully. There are good ones out there,

but boy are they hard to find.

Because I have CMT, I wonder if this is also a factor,

if the doctor is " dumb " when it comes to CMT, and

really don't think it is worth their time to educate

themselves on it since they will not really get paid

for it.

I have seen some real insensitive " doctors " who

couldn't even tactfully blow you off. This can make

it real difficult to believe in the health care

system, when the " care " part seems to be missing.

Like I said though, there are good doctors out there,

you just hope you don't have to go through to many bad

ones to get to the good ones.

Good Luck and Best Wishes,