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Archive Home > 2003 > September > 14 > Fewer doctors accepting Medicare

Fewer doctors accepting Medicare

By Kelly Kearsley / The Bulletin
September 14, 2003

For Elsie Lack, finding a Bend physician who was accepting new Medicare patients required more than a couple of phone calls.

Lack, 83, had a doctor in Klamath Falls before moving to Bend, and she had visited a specialist in Bend.

But she needed to find a local general practitioner.

"One of....

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