[Mamzelle]

I am hopeful that when doctors discard Medicare, their expenses may go down and are able to offer a discounted cash fee. How old is your doc? It could be he/she is retiring, or cutting back. There are 660,000 physicians in the US, and 250,000 are over 55.

[Seizethecarp]

I would guess her shrink is in his late 40s and even though he is in South Florida and was dedicated to our three-tier retirement village, he is giving up Medicare practice to concentrate on the rest of the population aged under 65 or not disabled.