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Originally Posted by biker1
I do not know the reasons why The Villages Healthcare System (the PCPs) only accepts UHC Medicare Advantage Plans and Florida Blue Medicare Advantage Plans once you become eligible for Medicare. They give you a choice of two companies, not one. Before Medicare age, they accept most insurances. I was a patient with them for a number of years but had to leave once I turned 65 and opted to go with Medicare and a Supplemental Plan. I was very satisfied with The Villages Healthcare system and would have stayed if it was possible. Their company, their rules, and, fortunately, there are other PCPs in the area. The Villages Health Care System was, however, very convenient and well run - always taken on time and visits were never rushed.
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I think they limit their patients to a few Medicare advantage plans because they want to provide a health care system that is convenient and available to Village residents. If they accepted original Medicare patients, they could become overwhelmed by non-Village residents, making it more difficult to serve the Village residents who they want to serve. Also, original Medicare patients with a supplement pay no co-pays, which increases their tendency to overuse the system, thereby making it less available to the Medicare advantage patients. It makes sense to me.