Question:
I have medicare and medicaid and having great difficulites finding a surgeon .

I am having great difficulites finding a surgeon that willaccept medicare and medicaid. My PCP is willingto do what it takes to get this surgery accomplished. I ahve researched and researched only to hear on teh other end of the phone sorry we dont accept medicare or medicaid. I live in NC and now am thinking of the docotr that is in Wilmington. I have type 1 diabetes , High cholestrol and a heart condition. I feel very frustrated and depressed at this point. I am in NC anyone with any help please let me know......Thanks and God Bless    — Samara (posted on November 25, 2001)

November 25, 2001
You probably won't be able to find a surgeon that accepts Medicaid/Medicare. Thanks to our government telling people that have it to tell them of any doctors that they feel aren't doing everything right. Doctors are refusing to accept the insured because they aren't willing to take the chance of having someone turn them in just because they are angry with the doc. Good luck, I hope that you find one that is still willing to accept your insurance.
   — [Anonymous]

November 25, 2001
Hi, I do not live in NC, but I looked on this site and found a lot of people that had surgery in NC with Medicaid and Medicare. Here's what you do: At the top of this page is a menu. Click on Local Help. Than when the map comes up click on NC. Than click on Insurers. It is in Alphabetical order so scroll down to Medicare and Medicaid and you willl find all th epeople who had the surgery and their doc. Hopefully that helps!!!!!!!!! Good Luck
   — [Anonymous]

November 25, 2001
Click on the heading "insurers" then click on the NC part of the map. you will find people there who have used Medicare and Medicaid in your state.
   — Rose A.

November 25, 2001
I don't know what your state, North Carolina, has but New York State has another option. I was on Medicaid and there is something called "Blue Choice Option" that ONLY people on Medicaid can get. I decided to get that so hopefully I would have a better (easier) time finding a surgeon to accept my insurance. Technically it is Medicaid but somehow it is tied in with Blue Cross. However Blue Choice Option put me through hell in order to get approval so maybe I'd been better off with just Medicaid. Perhaps you could go to a Social Services Office (or where ever it is you can apply for welfare). Not to get on welfare but to see if they have something like my state does that is tied in with Blue Cross. States vary in their services so you would have to check.
   — Danmark

April 27, 2003
ye in rochester ny , dr. sax takes medicade he did mine and i'm on medicade.
   — judy T.