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Old 06-23-2022, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Maybelle View Post
Not many good arthritis doctors around here. I definitely recommend going to Shands. A bit of a drive but worth it.
The irony of it, good doctors don’t want to practice in a market where most of the patients are on Medicare, which pays low reimbursement rates. Yet, most of the arthritis doctors patients are 65 plus and on Medicare. That’s probably why there is a nationwide shortage of good rheumatologists?