Medical/ Doctors in Sequim and Port Angeles

[rantiquity]

Originally Posted by Olympian2

rantiquity: There is a shortage of primary care pretty much nationwide (especially competent primary care). I consider the problem to be much more of a real crisis than the "opioid epidemic", feeling that incompetent idiots with a community college education being allowed to attempt to "practice" medicine on innocent victims are much more dangerous to productive society.

I've never sought primary care in Sequim, so the situation may be better there. That would make sense for Sunny Sequim, since it is known to attract retirees.

I am much more familiar with the medical situation in Forks, which MarciaMarshaMarcia is describing. I requested that a previous post of mine about my final attempt to establish primary care in Forks be removed from this forum, and it was. (That should be considered a red flag.) I can confirm that there is overspill seeking medical care from the Forks region into Port Angeles and Sequim.

Himm! Maybe the lack of doctors nation wide may have more to do with doctors refusing to see either Medicaid or ACA patients due to low reimbursements. Or doctor leaving the field of being a general practitioner in favor of specialized care or personal care physician which doesn't rely on government reimbursements as much.
But if I may be frank....I can understand why doctors refuse or are reluctant to go to places like Forks where there are a lot low income people.

[Dorie53]

We are from Seattle but moved to Idaho 12 years. Have decided to move back to WA, but to Sequim. We are already retired & hope to buy a home in Parkwood Community. I just want to say that there are hardly any doctors in ID either. Most clinics have NP or PA, so I'm used to it. I don't think I'll tell my husband we might have to take a ferry to see a specialist because I have more health problems that he does! He lived in Bremerton before he met me & had to take the ferry every day to work in Des Moines.

[rkcarguy]

My doctors office up and closed the first of the year, I am still looking as well and limited to the walk in clinic. No explanation except he was moving out of state and closing the office.