{"id":11188,"date":"2018-08-14T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T15:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11188"},"modified":"2018-08-14T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T15:48:08","slug":"patients-cannot-access-care-from-medicare-physicians-is-an-urban-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11188","title":{"rendered":"Patients cannot access care from Medicare physicians is an urban myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hear this all the time \u201cit is impossible to find a doctor who will take Medicare and if you find one, you will have to wait forever for an appointment,\u201d but this is an urban myth. According to surveys conducted by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), it is easier for Medicare patients to find a new physician \u2013 either a primary care doctor or a specialist \u2013 than those who have private insurance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/howardgleckman\/2018\/08\/13\/no-it-isnt-impossible-to-find-a-doctor-who-takes-medicare\/#2aca792b769b\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MedPAC-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9942\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MedPAC-image-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MedPAC-image-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MedPAC-image.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hear this all the time \u201cit is impossible to find a doctor who will take Medicare and if you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11189,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11188\/revisions\/11189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}