I just got a form letter from my long time PCP stating he has accepted a position in another state and is leaving, effective immediately. I haven't checked my mail for a week, so I don't know how long that's been sitting in the mailbox.
The form letter states I can see another doctor in that office, if I have an acute problem (emergency), but other than that, until they find a replacement, his patients can attempt to find a doctor at another clinic. Then they give some number of some woman who might be able to help people find another doctor somewhere.
No place I know in the mid valley is accepting new OHP/Medicare patients. In fact, I believe there is a big problem in this valley finding a doctor accepting new patients and impossible to find a doctor who takes OHP or Medicare new patients. So I don't know what I will do now.
I guess I will join, for now, the ranks of the functionally uninsured, although I have insurance, just no doctor I can see.
I liked my PCP very much. He's been very kind to me and I will miss him. It is a secure and reassuring feeling, if you are sick or hurt, to see a familiar face, in a doctor, at your side. Sounds like he got a great job offer he couldn't refuse in another state. That state is lucky to get him.
I left a message on the phoneline of the woman who supposedly helps people locate another PCP. Her message machine states that she gets very high volumes of calls but to wait at least 24 hours before trying to reach her again.
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