I have no problems speaking up for myself and I think that sometimes bad doctors are threatened by that so this one has a God complex I put in a call to every patient advocate supervisor this b#%$h isn’t getting away with this I am in control of my life no one else

Life is going to get even harder when you are at the age where Medicare almost forces you to use a dr who participates. First of all,very few in the profession are willing to acept the Medicare approcved amount. Second, if you have to travel 5o miles in order to get to a dr who participates you may not want to go to a Medicare dr at all. Third, your choice of doctors is very limited,so finding a "good" one may not even be possible. If you are well off you may not be a captive of the system because you can visit a non participating dr and pay full price. Thank the federal government for creating a system that takes the monthly fee for Medicare out of the pocket of old folks who may not be able to bebefit from it.

@lacy2 I think it’s a Canadian thing - I too have trouble speaking up. lol. But in my case, I’m dealt a double whammy because I also come from a cultural background where I was raised not to question those “in authority”.