[nascarnation]

many providers apparently exclude Medicare patients from their practice.

I'm not sure what your locale is.

Here in the midwest (where there are a lot of old people) this doesn't seem to be the case, thankfully.

For better or worse, I've had a lot of personal experience with medical providers since I retired.

Nationally the percentage is about 91% of doctors take medicare patients.

[frog in a pot]

Nationally the percentage is about 91% of doctors take medicare patients.

That is good to know. Perhaps the "discount" is not as great a hit as I believed.

[willibeaux]

nasc...... I live in Golden CO. My doctor no longer accepts Medicare or Medicaid patients. Can’t afford to. :-(