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To: Roccus
"Are these doctors refusing to treat patients with Medicare AND supplemental insurance or those patients with ONLY Medicare?"

Don't know the direct answer to your question, but I know doctors who will not take any patient who has Medicare, but will take private insurance. Medicare is always primary, so these practices have opted out of any Medicare patients.

15 posted on 07/29/2013 11:50:17 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29

Thank you.

This thread got me to do some investigating and it seems that as long as the doctor is in the “network” of my insurance provider, they will accept Medicare plus the supplemental


24 posted on 07/29/2013 12:59:00 PM PDT by Roccus
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