Waiting months for a doctor’s appointment? Experts offer advice

Reading Time: 6 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story Wait times for medical visits are common statewide as the health care labor force shrinks and the population is older than the national average.  However, people don’t have to settle for long wait times. Wisconsin Watch spoke to two experts about strategies to lessen wait times.  They advise patients to ask follow-up questions when they set up an appointment, to get on a waitlist, to check with their primary care provider if it’s OK to wait, to use their connections and to consider seeking care from another health system. Have you ever called to schedule a medical appointment and learned the next opening is months away? Back in July, we asked readers how long they’ve waited to see a doctor. Responses poured in from across the state. One reader in Mount Pleasant told us she waited 10 months to see a dermatologist. A reader in Kenosha said when her partner tried to schedule a visit to the neurologi