Mayo Clinic
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MAYO DOES NOT TAKE PATIENTS
During open season, Blue Cross sent mailings touting the fact that Mayo now accepts BCBS. They made a big deal out of this, and based on Mayo verifying to me that they do accept Medicare and BCBS as a secondary, I signed up. I was genuinely excited about going to Mayo, as their reputation is pretty good. Imagine my surprise when I found out from Mayo that they aren't accepting any new patients, don't do wait lists, and have no plans of accepting any new patients in the foreseeable future.They said they haven't been accepting new patients in over a year. Interestingly, I was a patient of Mayo in the past, and so, was not considered a new patient. I feel betrayed, both by BCBS, as well as by Mayo. They all knew that there was no way to get in to Mayo, but presented it as a great benefit of these insurance policies. How does a medical facility completely stop taking patients, won't allow wait lists, and yet contract with a major insurance provider? Not to sound crass, but people die, move away, etc. Yet Mayo never takes new patients? Something more is going on here, and someone needs to investigate why BCBS would contract with a major provider that won't even take their subscribers. They should have known this, and should have never represented to the public that they could go to the Mayo Clinic. Insurers need to stop doing business with Mayo if there is no chance of their subscribers actually going there.