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Need Patients' Experience with Mayo Clinic. Is it worth it?
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Hi @nycdave7 - I'm sorry for your experience which must be totally frustrating and scary. And I totally understand your insurance concerns. I can't add much to what has been said by @IndianaScott, @dawn_giacabazi and others. The one thing I would ask is whether you have seen PBS' Ken Burn's documentary on Mayo Clinic? If not, I would encourage you to view that before you make a decision. For me, and many others, the basic core values of Mayo are so different than those of other health care organizations that it would sway my decision if I weren't already a Mayo patient and totally pleased with every aspect of my health care. Here's a link:
https://www.pbs.org/show/the-mayo-clinic/
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This is the key to Mayo 100%. Their core values are doing everything they can to make you well. Not that you are a profit center. Their team approach is the key. They made all of the appts. and I just showed up. Compassionate treatment by all those involved. I am on Medicare so my treatment was 100% covered for my routine cancer. I don't know what any experimental treatments cover. I had mediocre treatment at some of the best hospitals and doctors in the Chicago area. I do not regret going to Mayo.
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Mayo has just changed their patient computer system to one that does monetize procedures according to two doctors I know there. So they appear to have moved away from putting patients first and have joined the rest of the profit motivated system in this country.