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@AlwaysHopeful

When you arrive in Arizona, stop at Mayo and get assigned a Primary Care Provider. For older peoople, it definitely helps if you have a Medicare Advantage Plan to beef up your standard medicare.There may even be a specific clinic for people who live locally. In Rochester, it's the Baldwin Clinic. Get to know your Primary Care Provider = he/she is the gaekeeper for referrals to specialists. Baldwin even has its own staff of specialists in the same building. If you knock on the door asking for a neurologist right away, you will get nowhere. Learn and respect the referral system used by Mayo.

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I was referred to BJC neurological Dept in St. Louis, my pcp sent them over 130 pages of files to review. I called and was told they have to accept me before they can see me, I said I need to see someone Yesterday.. I have been suffering for over 2 1/2 yrs with this whatever it is. You say learn and respect the system, what about them learning to respect the patient.

Medicare advantage is the one you want to turn down. Try supplemental, I think it's G. I have AARP/United Healthcare PPO insurance.