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Old 05-24-2013, 07:39 AM
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Here's something you might find interesting: It was said there will be 64 doctors and each doctor will be limited to 1,250 patients. That means The Villages Health will be able to handle 80,000 patients.

When this all started it was said that the TV Health Clinics would not take business away from other doctors who are already doing business here. However, with a total population of about 100,000, what do they plan on leaving for the other doctors? 100,000 - 80,000 = 20,000 patients to keep all the other doctors going.

Is that fair? First the developer sells or leases property to them and then sets up clinics to take their business away?
If a physician has earned the respect and trust of his/her patient I doubt they will leave that physician to join TV Health Plan. Competition is a good thing - even in medicine.