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Originally Posted by clouwho
Medicare advantage plans are the plans of choice for low income seniors by virtue of low cost (and the seniors in our surrounding area tend to be lower income than Villagers), so this statement doesn’t make sense to me.
If you wanted to limit healthcare within The Villages, the doctors would only accept the more costly Medicare Supplement plans. Unless There is some type of Medicare advantage plan that only lets you use The Villages health care system? Which is a scary thought based on what we have seen and heard these past few years from our neighbors.
The Medicare supplement plans are more costly and have much better coverage, and a far greater selection of specialists and top notch health care facilities in the unlikely event you wind up with some unpleasant disease. You pick your doctor and your care. You are not stuck with a primary care doctor playing God with your health. Advantage plans are all well and good til you actually need serious medical care.
I am now very curious how many Villagers choose advantage vs supplements. Having listened to the health care adventures of so many of our friends and neighbors here, we will absolutely be getting a great supplement when we start Medicare next year.
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I'm not a Medicare expert. But, about half of the people on Medicare have original Medicare, not an advantage plan. And, The Villages Health system only accepts about 2 or 3 advantage plans for primary care, even though there are many other advantage plans available to Medicare recipients. I am sure they are making a financial decision, but it seems to me that they are also trying to limit the number of patients that they serve, and that they would prefer to serve as many Villagers as they can. Otherwise, what would be the point of building so many primary care centers on Villages property? That is just my opinion.