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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Agree with rant. My best advice is to either talk with SHINE or the UHC rep at the health centers. TOTV has nothing but anecdotal horror stories that MAY or MAY NOT have been different elsewhere. Also, about 2/3 of the perceptions of the Advantage plan is just plain wrong. People are worried about restricting their choice of specialists/hospitals. For example, it is true, if you have traditional medicare with a supp, you can go to 99.9% of the providers in Central Florida. With the Advantage plan you can only go to 98% of them---but if you have an unusual situation you can get covered for the other 1.9%. So get the facts from a reliable source before hunting for greener grass.
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But I don't want 98% of the providers in Central Florida. I want the ability to access providers anywhere in the country. That's why we have a supplement as opposed to an advantage plan. If I get a rare disease, I want to go where the knowledge is and not have to jump through hoops to get there. I know how you feel about research/teaching centers, GE, but we feel differently for various reasons I won't go into for fear of being accused of giving opinion based on just anecdotal information!