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Originally Posted by jensul619

I posted a thread yesterday about my experience with the Villages health but it doesn't seem to be showing anywhere I can find it
My husband and I are two of the 15,000 residents whose health insurance will be cancelled on 1/1/17 unless we switch to a UHC Medicare advantage plan, preferably the one the Villages is advertising everywhere.
We have original Medicare and a supplement which work very well for us. The VHC is much less expensive and provides good care, IF AND ONLY IF YOU ARE HEALTHY, which we were. We both had no serious health issues but because of our ages mid seventies), we should stay with Medicare and the supplement we had. We found a new primary care doctor outside of the Villages in early September.
THANK GOD WE DID. In mid October I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and saw a surgeon here in the Villages who I was not at all impressed with. I ended up having the surgery at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa where the care was absolutely wonderful. If I had stayed with the VHC, Moffitt is considered "out of network" and my surgery would not have been covered. So, thank you for dropping us. When I see the full page newspaper ads and receive flyers in the mailbox saying how wonderful the insurance is, I get so angry and want to tell the world that no, it is only wonderful if you have NO health issues. My advice is to please please choose very carefully.
I hope this helps anyone who is trying to decide what to do.

Thank you for sharing your story with us. I hope you are doing well now.