The long & short of it.......I guess my question has been answered by the fact that the Dr (Internist & pulmanary specialist) that admitted my into the hospital from the ER here where I live, is willing to take me as a patient on medicare. He seemed like a very kind & understanding Drthat night & the next day, especially whey I didn't want him to do any tests because I thought my own GP should be doing them. He was willing to actually sit down & talk to me about not only what was going on with me & other subjects that came up. In some ways, it may be better because I am known for getting pnemonia let alone asthma. He was the one treating my dehydration in the hospital, so know he is pretty thorough. I guess in the long run, I will probably leave a voice message on my GP's pager service asking him to call me regarding the change. In some ways I feel bad leaving someone who helped me live through everything this year, making sure I stayed alive & supported my need to take care of my Mother & the funeral arrangements & even understood my need to go AMA to be at my Mothers funeral.....don't know of many who would have been that caring either.

I hope I am doing the right thing, but think it wouldn't have worked out if it wasn't meant to be.

That is one good thing with medicare is that I am on the plan that you can choose your own Dr's that will take medicare of pay for those who don't. I have my pain specialist (who I will never change.....I will drive to the end of the world to keep going to him). I have my pdoc, & my GP that all take medicare at least as a portion of payment....my psychologist is the most costly....medicard only covers 1/2 of her cost. Oh yes, my horses & my chiropractor don't take any insurance.....lol. It is good to be able to feel free to choose the Dr's that work for me..that is why I didn't choose the HMO medicare. I need to go to a Dr that I feel comfortable with & not be dictated my insurance......my need to be free comes out again.
Debbie