Oh yeah, that's going to take some perseverance.... One of my brothers is in that position. I could just wring his neck, because he elected to not enroll in Medicare when it would have been "affordable," and now he claims he can't afford the higher premiums. So he is stuck, or so he says. He's had some very dire health problems and would have been up a creek had he not had VA access.

It's definitely something I'd pursue sooner rather than later if I were in your shoes. Brace yourself for a bit of a project, but depending on where you live and which facility/ies you use, the access shouldn't be TOO horribly complicated, at least not to a generalist.