> Eventually, the patient’s adult daughter told Lagu that she hadn’t been able to find a specialist who would see a patient in a wheelchair. Incredulous, Lagu s

> Eventually, the patient’s adult daughter told Lagu that she hadn’t been able to find a specialist who would see a patient in a wheelchair. Incredulous, Lagu started making calls. “I could not find that kind of doctor within 100 miles of her house who would see her unless she came in an ambulance and was transferred to an exam table by EMS,” she said, “which would have cost her family more than $1,000 out of pocket.” This is shocking. I've accepted that there are a lot of crappy doctors, and it might take some effort to find one that's competent enought to help you. I hadn't considered that there might be no such doctor within a hundred-mile radius of you, even in a place like Illinois.