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Originally Posted by tophcfa
In summary, the Villages has, and continues to, grow too fast relative to the necessary infrastructure and employment base needed to support the needs of a very large senior citizen population. It’s one thing when growth outpaces service jobs like irrigation repair or restaurant cooks and service providers, but it’s entirely another level of problem when growth outpaces the availability of quality healthcare. This whole unfortunate thing happening with The Villages Health is exposing a very serious problem for an aging population with greater health care needs than the general population.
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Great summary. I have been in Florida since 1968 and there has been one consistent thing and that was CONSTANT change. I noticed it particularly in traffic and commuting. It seemed that the width and lanes of the roads NEVER caught up to the amount of traffic that they had to carry. It seems like the same analogy would apply to healthcare. The population growth overwhelms the healthcare systems.