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Originally Posted by JRcorvette
Why not just let the members of Villages Healthcare system (run by United Healthcare) move over into the standard United Healthcare system. when it comes to healthcare ie medicare you want something that will be accepted everywhere in the country and not just the Villages.
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The Villages Health is NOT "The Villages Healthcare," and it's not a system. It's a medical group. It's not insurance. It's a bunch of doctors that all work together in the same building, with nurses and PAs and receptionists and appointment-makers and a laboratory and specialists.
This private medical center has chosen not to accept regular Medicare, except for certain specialists within the group. That is their choice, and the doctors who work for them are employees, not contractors.
If those employees want to leave the group and create their own group practice they probably can, unless they've signed contracts saying otherwise.
In addition, if you're not old enough for Medicare yet, and have regular health insurance for people who are 64 years old or younger, then The Villages Health is "in network" for most of those insurance companies.