The new therapist never sent me the forms to fill out and fax back to her. I have been calling to get her to respond and, nothing. So, guessing, she changed her mind about me.

I have done an exhaustive search for a new therapist and it seems no one is accepting Medicare, until, I got a phone call this morning. Finally a psych group will let me come to start psycho-therapy with them. And I start next week with a psychologist. I don't know what happened with the other therapist, as she was such a good fit for me, which was a hugh disappointment.

Still looking for a new psych doc. The psych doc I have now insists he sees me once a week and will only give me 7 pills a week. I have been seeing him 4 months now. He said, initially, that he wants to see me frequently until he gets to know me, but I have been seeing him weekly last 4 months, would hope that by now he would feel more comfortable with prescribing medication to me. I am not at risk, so I don't know what the problem is with him, but it's costing me transportation fees to go to his office frequently and to pick up my medication weekly. All these out of pocket costs are keeping me away from seeing other specialists I need to see and keeping me on Meals on Wheels as I can't afford what he expects of me. I explained all this to him, but he doesn't seem to want to hear me.

This new psych group has psych doctors, but I have to see the psychologist first and then make the appointment. I did get a call from our large teaching hospital and they have an opening in December, but that is with one psych doc who is there infrequently and I need a full time psych doc. So, I took it anyway.

I worry about the state of Medicare and why soo many providers are opting out not only Medicare but insurance and doing this concierge type medicine. I have contacted my Federal Senator and waiting for a reply back.

Well, thank you for listening

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