Where is Marcus Welby M.D.?
Marcus Welby is alive and well in fantasy land. This new healthcare system in The Villages is big business run be a big HMO. And one thing big business is good at is selling you a dream, a bill-of-goods.
Before it even started, I questioned it many times and, essentially, I was condemned for being too negative. It was suggested that one should have faith in the developer. And if you don't have faith in him, you must be against him. And the worst thing you can be in The Villages is "anti-developer". It's probably worse than being an atheist.
And when the wrath of well respected posters comes down heavy on you, it provides an example to others, so no one will dare complain or have doubts, until now.
One thing that didn't make sense to me, and still doesn't, is how it would work out economically with only 1,200 patients per doctor. Someone is paying the doctor's "generous" salary. Where does that money come from, the tooth fairy? And now everyone is being seen by a P.A. The doctor was supposed to have enough time so that he could spend 20 to 30 minutes with each patient and you wouldn't even need an appointment and there would be no waiting. Now nothing is anything like what it was advertised to be.
If everyone is being seen by a P.A., what is the doctor doing in the mean time? Sounds like bait-'n'-switch to me.
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