I wish I was rich enough to be forced onto Medicare. My insurance policy requires that I must sign up for Medicare part-B to stay in the ex-employers group insurance.
When we moved to a new town, I had heckuva time finding a doctor who would accept new Medicare patients.
Yes, that is extremely common, if not almost always the case. Once government becomes an insurer, private insurance carriers tend to run away. The result is, or nearly is, a single payer monopoly for government within that area.
...I had a heckuva time finding a doctor who would accept new Medicare patients.
That problem stems from the federal government as well. Since Medicare doesn't reimburse doctors adequately for their services, doctors are dropping out of Medicare in droves. The financial cracks in the program are becoming more obvious to both patients and physicians.