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Great answer from the pediatrician.  And, for any family with a teen with significant needs, it is important to start the research well ahead of time to find an internist and/or other doctors such as psychiatrists or those who may specialize in other specialties, but who do not treat adults for seamless medical care.  Do not forget the issue of whether the adult provider will or will not be willing to take Medicaid health insurance which may well come into the picture at some future date.  This is an important conversation to have ahead of time, too, so that for a young adult for whom any change in a doctor would be hard that there is not unnecessary changes down the line.

For parents as you move towards retirement age, it is also important to look at your major health care providers  in terms of both their age, especially if a sole practitioner, because I have heard more than one case in our smaller community with a major medical center more than once that folks have just retired, closed their practices and not even bothered to notify existing patients to pick up their records or it was happening.  In fact, just this week a friend who has had two knee operations went to the practice where her surgeon had operated out of for a follow-up and was told he retired in March!!  Additionally, it does not hurt to ask if the practice will continue an existing patient's relationship when they qualify for Medicare.
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