There are a number of different advantage plans that the Villages Health accepts. The UHC plans are HMO's and restrict to to in network doctors. The AARP/UHC plans are PPO's and do not restrict you to in network doctors.
I'm pretty sure Gracie is referring to one of the PPO plans.
Both are zero premium plans but co-pays are different as are out of pocket expense limits.
Go the UHC site and put in a zip code like 32163 and check the advantage plans. Look at the ones that Villages Health accepts and you will see the differences.
The site is uhcmedicaresolutions dot com.
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Originally Posted by dblwyr
While this is an excellent post, it leaves me with a question. You say that the UCH Advantage Villages Plan permits a member to see any doctor that accepts Medicare. Since I know a number of doctors that do not accept any Advantage plans, I wonder how this can be. Also, it would mean that the Plan would have to pay the physician the fee for a member's visit. This is not typical in advantage plans. I am not being negative, just raising a question as this is not typically how Advantage plans operate.
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