A FEW UPDATES

A quick note before I head out to SSA to see if they can help me with an emergency Medicare Part B application.

There is nothing further the VA can do for me to finish assessing whether or not the high PSA and low free% PSA indicate prostate cancer.  I was told in writing the local urologist I was assigned to has permission to do the prostate biopsy and I need to work with his office.

I have worked with his office.  I cannot get past the front desk.  Whether by visiting or calling I am told the same thing.  The doctor has been too busy to look at the lab work which points to possible prostate cancer. I do not believe them.  I like this doctor and there is no way he would leave critical lab work on his desk and not review it.  

So on Monday I went to the best urology group available in SA and asked if they take VA vouchers.  Under Vets Choice I can use anyone I want so long as they take VA insurance.  I got the answer I dreaded.  They no longer take VA insurance.  You have to have Medicare.  This is the third time I have faced this problem.  Had the ENT group in SA accepted VA insurance, I never would have ended up in the hospital for 5 weeks, and then 9 weeks with out-patient daily treatment.  Oh, and that infection is back. 

So now I decide it is time to just pay for Medicare since the VA can no longer guarantee care.

Nope, I spent 3 1/2 hours on the phone back and forth with SSA and Medicare and after they could not help me I was told I have to go in for an in office appointment.  The best they can do is March 24th.  

So the local urologist is too busy to look at the lab work, and the SSA cannot help with Medicare Part B until March 24th.  This also means cancelling the Part N which starts on March 1.  It is the best available supplement to cover me all over the US and up to $50k internationally. 

Trump needs to send specialist to the LRGV to provide veterans healthcare and stop trying to send a ship hospital to Greenland.  He needs to take care of US Veterans first.

This post is a break.  I came home from the VA after being there most of the morning for unrelated care to the prostate.  My phone ran out.  

I was told to take everything I have and try a walk in and maybe they can help me on an emergency basis to get Medicare Part B.

Not edited.  I need out the door.