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Originally Posted by rubicon
HI VIT2TV: I have the same view especially coming from an excellent health care state as Minnesota and the Minneapolis area.
Do you have a fix as to why it is so problematic here. We have a majority older age group that would support such elder care specialties and with medicare and having medicare supplements
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Hi, I am afraid that the fact that a large number of us are on Medicare is causing us problems. Medicare has such poor reimbursement to the physicians, and a lot of doctors don't want to or can't afford to take mostly Medicare patients, especially a lot of the younger ones who may still have huge college loans to pay. I am not trying to stir up anything here, but I was told by many medical school students that 20+years ago, there was a large number of foreign students who were given free or largely free tuition to medical schools in the US because colleges were trying to show diversity . Is that the reason we have so many doctors here who weren't born in this country???? I truly don't know. But I am on my second primary doctor, and am thinking about changing again. I am also afraid that with the Affordable Care Act, things are going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better-if at all. (esp. for seniors) No flames please anyone. This is my OPINION, and it is fine if people don't agree with me.