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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Personally, I think that The Villages health care facilities do not accept original Medicare because they want to make them more accessible to Villagers. If they accepted original Medicare, they would be required by law to accept all original Medicare patients from the surrounding areas, and they would soon become overcrowded with non-Villagers. These facilities were constructed within The Villages to be convenient to Villagers, not non-Villagers. Otherwise, what is the point of using Villages property to operate health care facilities within The Villages? My opinion.
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Wrong! It is not discrimination for / against The Villages residents. Some time ago, I learned from one of The Villages Health leaders, who was part of the original planning, that it was ALL ABOUT the cost structures of what practitioners are paid for Medicare Advantage patients. That cost structure was a key component of recruiting the professionals needed to make the business successful.