Thank you for your column, Debra. I appreciate this information especially coming from a retired physician like yourself. While I know I'm one of the fortunate ones because I have medical insurance, I don't feel like it's done me any good in recent years because I've not been able to access health care for a check up since before the pandemic. On paper, my Anthem PPO supposedly has network doctors here in Olympia but I've not been able to get an appointment because the system is supper cumbersome. I have to psych myself up just to make a call to doctor's number because it always leads to a dead-end--no service. Although I wasn't satisfied when I had coverage under Kaiser's HMO system, I'm thinking of going back to it. To complicate matters further, I turn 65 this year so must get medicare part-B and I worry that that will reduce my healthcare options further still. My last check up was in 2015 and I'm not optimistic about getting another one. All this is strong motivation to take good care of myself which is what we should all do anyway. I know from reading your column that you agree. May we age healthfully despite the obstacles the system faces us with.
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