[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

The best and the brightest are not going to be coming to work at the Villages Hospital or any hospital in Central Florida.
Most of the best and brightest want to work at the best hospitals in the world. They are going to places like Boston, New York and Chicago. True places like Massachusetts General pay more, but medical professionals want to work there for more reasons than higher pay. They love being ont he cutting edge. They want to be associated and work beside the best in their field.

Many are young people who want to be around other bright young professionals. They want to live in the big cities where they have a social life and they are challenged by the most interesting cases.

That's not a rap on the medical professionals that we have here. I'm sure that many of them are very fine competent professional and can take care of most of our needs. But think that we are going to attract the very top of the field by offering a few more dollars is a bit naive.

People come here to retire because the weather is great and because the cost of living is low. With low cost of living comes low wages. Medical professional might want to come here if they are specializing in gerontology but not for many other reasons. If they like the warm weather and enjoy working with the elderly and problems specifically related to aging they are going to come here.