Thanks Jeff. I will check into that. I also spoke with a friend of mine who is a social worker.

She said if push comes to shove what may be possible is to pay out of pocket for an ENT, get my internist to send a letter with me NOT to blow me off again, do the biopsy. She suggested that have an ENT do a direct hospital admit and have them call in an order ahead of time for a hospital social worker to see me upon arrival and they can get the ball moving real, real fast and can get me medicaid/Tncare on an emergency basis.

I remember this was done for my daughter when she was born. She was in NICU, my health insurance stopped the day I had to quit my job, she couldn't go without insurance and her social worker got her emergency coverage. They know the ropes and how to cut thru the red tape.

This absolutely comes first. I will find a way. Like I said, I told my doctor about the wait and he said I don't have that kind of time. End of story.

Time is absolutely of the essence here.