[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

The Villages/USF Health Alliance gave many lectures far in advance of the first clinic opening. Also, the Daily Sun devoted at least one full page per week on Sunday. That effort was to provide information so that Villagers would know what kind of care to expect from this new "revolutionary" health care system.They didn't say, "if anyone has concerns about PA, they should talk to their doctor with those concerns instead of drawing conclusions from the opinions, conjectures or concerns of others that may lead a person to misconceptions about the profession."

Who said, or even implied that they said, "if anyone has.... etc."? I didn't!

Originally Posted by Villages PL

To say that we would need to wait for the clinics to open, then join, and then ask our doctor how this system would work, reminds me of someone who once said, "If you want to know what's in the bill, you have to sign it first." It's disingenuous. A lot of people had good reason for wanting to know in advance how it would work because they would have to leave their current doctor in order to make the change to a clinic doctor. The fact that they might often be expected to see a P.A. instead of their doctor might have kept them from joining. They were deprived of that choice, the choice of not joining. Maybe it was more convenient for this new healthcare system to promote the following misconception: "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

I never made any statement like you indicated in the highlighted segment above, nor was I trying to imply it. But aside from that, there's definitely a misunderstanding about what I was trying to communicate in this particular posting. My focus here was actually about the PA and not the VHCS itself. My comment was really intended for those who already have doctors and PA's, VHCS or elsewhere, or for when they do have both. My apologies if my communication skills were lacking!

And just what does the "disingenuous" way that the bill your referring to was passed (your statement, not mine even though it is true) have to do with anything I've stated? And why are you still promoting a false notion about not being able to keep your doctor when a number of us have already posted and proven, through our "actual" experience, that not being able to see you doctor is a fallacy? I've already addressed this issue in a prior post, so I'm not going to get into it again!

Originally Posted by Villages PL

But as we now see, you will be expected to visit with a P.A. when they decide it to be appropriate. You will be expected to flow with the system as they have designed it.

"But as we now see"? But, as WHO now sees? Not me and not some other posters Kemosabe!!! Goes back to what I've already stated!