LETTERS: MEDICARE PATIENT LOOKS FOR DOCTOR

To the editor:

My doctor said that I need a family doctor for certain kinds of illnesses. I noticed in the paper that a new doctor was advertising for new patients.

I called the doctor's office and said that I wanted to get an appointment. I asked her if she was taking new patients, and she said yes. When I told her that I was on Medicare with other insurance, she told me that they could not take me. They said that their quota was filled up for Medicare patients.

I called a second doctor and was told the same thing: that they had no openings for Medicare. Just what am I to do for a family doctor?

I think that this is discrimination against the people with Medicare. if this is true, what would happen if we got national health insurance? I am willing to pay for my part, but they will not accept me because I am a Medicare patient. I am still looking for a family doctor and hopefully I will find one.

MARTIN DUBS

Cape Girardeau