My experience has been, with all of the dozen or so doctors that I have seen in trying to get help for all of my symptoms (which have only finally been diagnosed as long covid by a rheumatologist), is that they don’t want to be problem solvers. They only want patients who have a neat and clean problems to fix, they don’t want to have to think outside of the box or expend the extra time and energy to help a patient figure something out. I also think some see it as a blow to their ego. It’s much easier, and likely more profitable, for them to prescribe meds instead and hope you go away. I have not been to Mayo Clinic, but this has been my experience with all of the doctors I’ve seen in WA State. I definitely think more research and studies are needed to understand how long covid and the vaccine are affecting people. However, I don’t think a more nefarious reason exists or is needed to explain why regular doctors don’t want to deal with long covid patients—we’re too much work.

Sunny 8 don't discount anything or anyone. I got involved in a Managed Care scam - found the firm handling it had created a paper scam plan where they filed the program with the state's WCC utilizing fraudulent credentials for the plan with no real bodies to back it up. After 6 months of FOI request I found out that not only the Managed Care Plan was wrecking my health - the State's WCC was also involved. To simply put it - A medical care scam needs full participation from all components, the doctor, the care provider and the government agency responsible for oversight. Here's an interesting exercise - google "Workers Comp Fraud" and see if you can find any government agency that will take a complaint against an insurance company.