[Dilligas]

We started with The Villages Health system 7 years ago when it began and initially began because UHC was the only company supporting VH. We love VH because we can see DRs any time, even at very short notice if necessary. The DRs work with you and discuss your case in layman's terms and are not "move em in and move em out" quick see physcians. The specialist are equally thorough. The DRs are limited in the total patients they can have to allow for more time with each. We changed last year to FL-Blue (BSBC) because they started supporting VH and because they have better hospitals in their stables (like Shanes at U of F....a teaching hospital), but thank goodness we have not need to use them. We also investigated both insurance companies at the time (my spouse is a retired health care professional and educator) and FL-Blue was rated better (last year). Had no problem with UHC and have no problems with FL-Blue, but are continuing with FL-Blue because of their stable of facilities. Our primary is retiring and we were able to pick the replacement we wanted from about 6 Drs that are taking new patients. Our experience has been that the VH DRs are on time with appointments (save an unusal emergency), unlike our experience outside of the Village Health System.