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Old 07-16-2015, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by John_W View Post
I turned 65 on July 10th and signed up with United Health Medicare Advantage and stopped in the Pinellas office of Villages Health about two weeks ago to see if I could get my care there, and I have my first appointment at Pinellas next Friday the 24th. They did at first want to give me Colony because Pinellas had one doctor out on leave, but I asked and they gave me Pinellas.

Well, it seems that you got special treatment because you have United Health Medicare Advantage. We don't and were told Pinellas wasn't taking any new patients and we had to go to either Colony or Creek Side. My first apt. is near the end of August.
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