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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I am not on Medicare Part B. I have Medicare Part A and private insurance. There is no premium for Part A, and it is pretty much automatic when you turn 65. The Villages Health representative at the Colony Primary Care Center told me this morning that my private insurance (or any private insurance) would not be accepted at any of the seven Primary Care Centers in The Villages because I am eligible to purchase Medicare Part B. In order to use their primary care facilities, I would need to sign up for Medicare and purchase the United Health Advantage plan. Is it possible that there are people in The Villages who are over 65 and do not qualify to purchase Medicare? The representative said that, since I am eligible for Medicare, I must purchase their Advantage plan or they will not treat me.
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This is exactly what I encountered a couple of years ago when TV Health made UH mandatory in order to stay in. I walked with my FEHB. So, it seems, nothing has changed since then.
As to Tricare, i seem to recall TV Health made an exception after a lot of pushback from veterans groups.