No thanks to the government!

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As most of my myLot friends know I had to cancel my appointment with my Oncologist in December because the government has changed the Medicare policy all of the sudden not to provide me with rides to my Oncologist office 59 miles away! The transportation service via my insurance company at almost the last minute before my appointment in December said that Medicare would not allow it anymore! At the end of December my insurance company changed using that transportation service and began to use a new one at the beginning of 2026. Therefore I had to cancel my appointment in December and reschedule it for January 15th and pray that I could find a ride. After being on hold and talking to a lot of the wrong people for 3 hours I was also told that Medicare will not allow it! I had also called the Oncologist office and spoke with the nurse quite a few times. I was told that the caseworker at the office was on maternity leave and that at times another social worker with the association they belong to sometimes helps out. On the afternoon of January 13th I called and left a message with the nurse saying that I still didn't have a ride and did she have any ideas, that I may have to cancel again. The next morning she called me telling me that she had talked to the helping social worker and that she wanted me to call her. I called but somehow we got disconnected but she was great and called me right back. Got my address information and said that she was going to call to the transportation service within their association and they would call me back. Within' 3 minutes I received a text saying that they would pick me up and take me to the Oncologist office! Followed by another text saying that they would give me a ride home too! I called the nurse and let her know that I would be seeing them the next day. The next morning a driver got here early and was outside. He was from around where I was going and drove over an hour to get me. He was very nice and polite! When I came out another driver was there that was very nice and polite also, she even stopped and bought me soup and a drink from WAWA....... yummy chicken soup! She said that she hoped she would be the one driving me next time! She was from down there too!