General Discussion

And trying to find a local primary care physician is a major search ordeal. My sister is still looking to find one, since hers quit and went to the "big city"... Kansas city. Both my PCP and my husband's are in KC, and we were just told we couldn't go to the big hospital we've always gone to when necessary (and both of us know how to get to); instead, we have to go to the one that's over our PCPs in Kansas City. At least I know where it is and how to get there. Hubby couldn't find it if he had all the time in the world! The only other hospital okayed by our MA plan is in KCMO, and even *I* couldn't drive there or find it on a map. We don't have GPS in the car, and can't hear it over the roar of our old car if we try it on our phone. What makes it really bad is hubby has need to get to the hospital quickly at times, due to his prior heart attacks. And now, we're 40 minutes away from the in-network hospital. We CAN go to the clinic here in LV, get immediate treatment, and then they ambulance him over to the hospital in KcK we can get to... but it's out of network, and we discovered this month just what that meant for us in $$$. I hate immediately having $$$ signs pop into my head when we're talking about hubby's hospital visits, but damn... that's the country we're living in.