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Old 11-10-2022, 01:40 PM
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I’m a longtime Villages Health patient.For some unknown reason after 15 years I switched from United Health to Florida Blue this year. WHAT A HUGE MISTAKE!

I won’t go into a lot of detail except to say that they truly are an HMO, requiring pre-approvals for lots of stuff. They are terribly slow to give the approvals. On two occasions they were so slow that my doctor ordered me to go to the ER where they would be required to treat me! That’s true, but it doesn’t say that I had to wait 14 hours in The Villages Regional Hospital to get the 15-minute procedure.

I’m going back to United Healthcare which is truly user friendly. I’d recommend that you ask your doctor, nurses or other medical professionals. I’d bet that you’ll get a 100% response to stay away from Florida Blue!
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