Same in Alabama. Even nurse practitioners are limiting the number of patients they are excepting. It is a nationwide problem. Not going to get better unless we address the problem now without bringing in politics. This is a health care issue not a campaign talking point.

I was very fortunate last year when I was hospitalized with GCA and PMR. I was discharged from the hospital on a Sunday afternoon. The next day I made an appointment for the following day with a new PCP, and he made calls to rheumatologists on my behalf. I saw a rheumatologist on an urgent basis two days later. So in my area at least (Raleigh NC), you can see a rheumatologist quickly if it is urgent. I don't think the rheumatologist would have seen me except for the call from the PCP.