It would appear that TVH carries more costs than other primary care facilities. I believe we can only speculate on why this is. They are doing what many businesses do when they lose money: they are trying to concentrate on higher margin customers and are willing to lose low margin customers to hopefully improve their bottom line (via the move to MA). Another option would be to try to figure out why their costs are high and address that. Perhaps they have done that and there is no place to go.
Full disclosure: We use TVH, are happy with them, and are not being forced to make a choice as we are not on Medicare yet. I suspect, however, we will not be using them for much longer, which will be a shame.
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Originally Posted by Bonny
It is definitely about money, "not" greed.
There are nurses, Drs & staff to pay, equipment to pay for and maintain, buildings to pay for and maintain, utilities, supplies and the list goes on and on. It takes money to pay for these things. The Villages does not owe us anything.
They created the VHC and it's a wonderful thing but they certainly aren't going to pay out of pocket. This is a business and money needs to be made to pay for everything. It may not work for everyone. That's how it is in life.
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