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Originally Posted by Joejohnson
Yes, it does in a way. Village Health Care has made the call to not allow anyone that turns medicare eligible after 1 Jan 17 to stay unless they convert to UHC Advantage. My wife turns 65 in Aug 2017; hence she is out. She will b allowed to stay until she turns 65 in August 17, but then when she turns Medicare eligible, she is automatically Tricare for Life. As I keep trying to explain to knitter, she would have to give up her Tricare for Life and sign up for UHC. If we had an insurance with co-pays and other high costs, we would consider changing, but even then it would not be for a substandard company like United health care. UHC may be an improvement for many people, but there is no comparison between the benifits of United Health Care and Tricare for life. If she was 8 months older, we BOTH would have been grandfathered in and we would have stayed. The Villages Health is WONDERFUL but not with United Healthcare Advantage.
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So you are saying people who are presently on Tricare for Life are okay to stay with VHS. But anyone after Jan 1 who goes on Tricare for Life when they turn 65 will be dropped. If so, that seems illogical, unless they are just waiting for the present Tricare people to die off or move on. If Tricare is accepted now, why wouldn't it be in one year? If I were in your position, I think I'd just sit tight and see what happens until just before August, 2017. Maybe they'll change their minds yet again.