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Originally Posted by Rainger99
Some of these posts are very disturbing. Who is in charge of TV Health? Has he ever addressed these issues? It would be great to have a meeting with the top medical people so that these issues can be addressed.
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There's no singular person in charge of The Villages Health. There's really only one issue: most of the current roster of primary care physicians there are not accepting new patients. That means their schedule is already full with existing patients and they simply can't accommodate more.
Many patients refuse to see a Physicians' Assistant for simple things like a gynecological exam and pap smear, or a sprained finger check or mandatory 5-minute visit to get a renewed prescription of certain medications, which puts more of a burden on the physicians, and devalues the PA's work (which at the Villages Health is actually pretty good). So the physicians are in short supply with an increased demand. The facilities exist. They just can't get enough doctors to work in them to meet that increased demand.