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Originally Posted by outlaw
Yesterday, I called three different people connected to TVH. My concern is that, although I am a patient with TVH, I am not yet 65 (God that sounds old, doesn't it?). I asked, when I became eligible for medicare, if I would be required to sign up for Med Adv, or would I be allowed to go with medicare plus supplemental. Two people said they didn't know. One person said yes. So, I still am not sure what will happen when I turn 65. And I guess, this whole thing with TVH going to UHC Med Adv is so new that the employees really don't know.
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I am in the same boat as you. My primary care doctor is with the Villages Health and I am under 65. We can only wait and see what happens.
The doctors, in the front office, strive to make the patients well. The business people, in the back office, strive to make sure the finances are well. As mentioned in my Post #97, the Villages Health business needs to promote selling their Advantage Plan. This is one part of their business model. Sell, sell, sell. Starting immediately, any new patients are required to buy the Advantage Plan. Eventually, the business people will reevaluate to see if they need to bring more people into the Advantage plan. They may target new Medicare eligible folks (like you and me) and/or say that everyone needs to buy the Advantage Plan.
I have a road map of where I want to go with my Medicare sign-up even though I am not 65. Joining Villages Health was easy when I first moved down here, but I don't have any loyalty to them. There are many physicians that take original Medicare and isn't it a better idea to have choices?