Around 4,000 older adults who are on Medicare are without a primary care provider after the Alaska Regional Senior Health Clinic closed its doors on Tuesday.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - During Wednesday’s Anchorage Health Policy meeting, Anchorage’s chief medical officer Dr. Michael Savitt announced the formation of a task force focused on addressing the municipality’s Medicare problems.
Deborah Bear was one of the thousands of patients who found themselves searching for a new health care provider. She said she called eight different facilities before going through Providence, and that the process was scary and overwhelming.According to Dr. Savitt, residents on Medicare are left with just two options for primary care in Anchorage: Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center and Providence Anchorage Family Medicine Center. But they are already starting to see long wait times.
For older adults, the need for consistent health care is critical. Dr. Savitt said this population faces more chronic health conditions, in addition to health conditions related to aging. “To know your history well enough to make sure that whoever the specialist is that’s going to be working on that patient, knows the history,” Bear said.
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