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I am a Mayo Clinic patient too but because I have Medicare no Internal Medicine doctor or Primary doctor in Mayo Clinic Florida is accepting new patients who have Medicare. I have been treated by the Spine Center doctors since 2020 but when I called them they don’t have information about the Covid vaccine and was told to call my PCP. I have a PCP outside Mayo Clinic now but they don’t have the vaccine and probably won’t have it. The FL Health Dept stopped offering the vaccines. Publix grocery stores have started in many counties except Duval County where Mayo Clinic is located. The Regency Mall in Jacksonville FL looks like a rodeo where you see crowds impossible to get through. Long lines of elderly people exposed to the inclements of weather since at this time of the year it can get cold here in Jacksonville. So how Mayo Clinic will treat the rest of the 65 + years old patients remaining who are being treated by other specialists in Mayo Clinic who don’t have a Mayo PCP? We are under the requirements to be able to get it. By the way, I understand high risk patients and healthcare staff are a priority and that there are 4 Phases to get it but what Category or Phase do we fit in? Thanks

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Spoke with my Oncologist on Friday 1/22 and she said the Oncology dept has no idea when we will be notified about the vaccine. Hopefully Mayo (here in Jax) will receive more soon. Apparently they have their own Covid board in charge. I asked about going to the Regency Mall and she thought it was a dangerous situation to put myself in. So, I will wait.

Can anyone point me to official Mayo policy on not accepting new Medicare patents, primary care or otherwise?

I have not sent a message to Rochester Mayo (Pulmonology) for quite some time, but I was given the same answer. I am to seek a vaccine through my PCP, who is not affiliated with them; although I have a number of specialists there. Thus, being in a rural area I am presently trying to hold onto optimism about getting the vaccine, but I hear nothing even if I’ve been told I am a “priority.” I stay home and follow all guidelines when needing to go out or see family members in my home that regularly interact in the community. One day at a time...be grateful for each day I have being well and enjoying my life in this “present normal.” Good luck in your journey securing the vaccine and stay safe and well in the meantime😍