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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
There are plenty of Medicare providers close by who do accept original Medicare. The developer builds, owns, and operates health care facilities on Villages property that are designed to be convenient to Villagers who want to use a Villages operated facility. Restricting these facilities to a few Medicare Advantage plan members makes it easier to use these facilities. If they could limit access to Villagers only, they probably would accept original Medicare. But they cannot because Medicare is a Federal program and they are not allowed to descriminate against non-Villagers. If they had to accept original Medicare, I think the developer would close the facilities. This is just my opinion and you don't need to agree.
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I am not sure why a local non-Villages health doctor would not accept original Medicare. The patient needs to pay the difference.