<p>dstark,</p>
<p>I hope you will not go to that doctor again. This is ridiculous. </p>
<p>I also think that some problems waiting for specialist are due to lack of doctors in that specialty. I have to wait until March 5th to check out a mole (because it started to look like something to worry about) and I am already a patient in that practice. I would have had to wait more if I was not a patient. But, there are not enough dermatologists. I hope your friend went to ER for his chest pain. </p>
<p>Anyway, these problems have nothing to do with private insurances or medicare. I think they are universal.</p>