[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by Carla B

And, while you're at it, it'd be wonderful if you could find out the criteria for getting invited to join.

The following is quoted from The Villages Health System:

The focus of this document is the Primary Care component of the Villages Health System. While The Villages Health System will necessarily involve numerous elements and components, the most prominent, most pervasive (and perhaps most visible) incarnation of this new paradigm shall be the introduction of a Primary Care network in which all residents—if they so choose—may have access to a “Medical Home”—called a Care Center—within ten minutes by golf-cart from where they live. Care in medical specialties other than Primary Care may involve travel to where such care is clustered with groups of all key specialists along with the supportive diagnostic and therapeutic technologies and facilities that they employ. But one’s Care Center/Medical Home is expected to be literally near one’s home where it is planned that the majority of medical care the population requires will be provided.

What this quote is basicly indicating is that invitations will be sent out to Villages near the Care Centers and as new centers are built invitations will likewise be sent to Villages nearby. Eventually every resident of The Villages will be given the opportunity of joining.

If anyone has any questions about this, please pose your questions directly to the Villages Health Care System. Their phone number is available on their website. http://www.thevillageshealth.com/