[Topspinmo]

It should be against the law for any health care system to NOT accept insurance. Insurance Lobbists along with any Lobbists should be inprisioned for greasing any business or politicians. Lobbists IMO should be treated one notch below terrorist.

[ltcinf]

Originally Posted by Travelingal702

FYI - As of October 16, 2015 The Villages Health Care System is no longer accepting patients who have TriCare for Life. Those already in the Health Care System are safe and will not be kicked out. However, no newTriCare patients will be accepted. This is sad state of affairs. Our men and women served their country with promises of life long medical services and now this. I guess the almighty dollar is still king, even here.

I retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army including combat tours in Vietnam and Iraq. Everywhere I have lived since retiring gladly accepted TCFL. I recently moved to The Villages and am astounded that we have been rejected by The Villages healthcare system. They also won't accept my dependent's Tri-Care Prime. So much for supporting us who gave so many years of our lives in the military defending the right for us to even have a health care system. I wonder how many of these participating doctors even served in the military. It's a tough life in the military and this is a real slap in the face. A real patriotic move!

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

It should be against the law for any health care system to NOT accept insurance. Insurance Lobbists along with any Lobbists should be inprisioned for greasing any business or politicians. Lobbists IMO should be treated one notch below terrorist.

Topsinmo. I said the same thing when this topic was discussed about two years back on this forum. One of the biggest lobbyist responsible for this class distinction AARP. They pushed hard for ACA because they wanted a big junk of Medicare Advantage Plan . Its when AARP supported ACA that I dropped my membership and haven't been back since. AARP doesn't represent my interests but only their own greedy selfish goals

the specific question I asked is why isn't this practice discrimination? The federal government established protected classes to prevent discrimination but apparently because the elderly are not a protected class they can go fish And if you apply their desparate impact theory which is essentially (bupkus) it certainly has an adverse affect on a specific group in this case retired military

I receive my care from Monroe Hospital and doctors affiliated with this Health Care system and they are honored to accept my insurance plans

[tcxr750]

Couldn't you use TVHCS and submit DD2642 for payment from TFL. Call TFL and ask.

[Alice &Bill Schomburg]

What happened to America's friendliest home town?? Over 20%of the villages are vets, we need to respond, after all we defended the villages too!!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Alice &Bill Schomburg

What happened to America's friendliest home town?? Over 20%of the villages are vets, we need to respond, after all we defended the villages too!!

Good grief. Insurance is accepted or not accepted by all of the doctors offices here in The Villages in the same way it was where we came from.


The Villages Health Care System consists of six PCP doctors offices that have been set up by the Morses to facilitate good health care here. They don't take most insurance because I would love to use them. I would hazard a guess that more than 80% of Villagers have found OTHER primary and specialized care here in this area that accepts their insurance.


The Health Alliance of Central Florida consists of The Villages Hospital and Leesburg hospital and has NOTHING to do with the Villages health care offices. The Village Hospital building is owned by the Morses but run by an entitity that leases it.


Please know that this is a very patriotic place to live and people here overwhelmingly approve and respect retired military.

Central Florida Health Alliance | Leesburg, Florida

Accepted Insurance by The Villages Health

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

It should be against the law for any health care system to NOT accept insurance. Insurance Lobbists along with any Lobbists should be inprisioned for greasing any business or politicians. Lobbists IMO should be treated one notch below terrorist.

Single payer is the answer. How many years must we wait for the obvious to become law.

[graciegirl]

http://www.thevillageshealth.com/insurance.php

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by RickeyD

Single payer is the answer. How many years must we wait for the obvious to become law.

Crank it up.....lol.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

It should be against the law for any health care system to NOT accept insurance. Insurance Lobbists along with any Lobbists should be inprisioned for greasing any business or politicians. Lobbists IMO should be treated one notch below terrorist.

"Some" insurance is not worth accepting. If hospitals were required to do so, you likely might not find a hospital or doc to go to because they would have gone out of business.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by RickeyD

Single payer is the answer. How many years must we wait for the obvious to become law.

I must respectfully disagree. In the UK many people buy private insurance so they don't have to wait an inordinate time before receiving care that is sometimes emergent. Private hospitals in the UK are rapidly growing as the capital starved public system deteriorates.

In Canada, some folks buy private insurance so they can come across the border to receive care in the US...not just those who are seasonal residents. There are hospitals in major northern cities that cater to Canadians.

[RickeyD]

Originally Posted by dbussone

I must respectfully disagree. In the UK many people buy private insurance so they don't have to wait an inordinate time before receiving care that is sometimes emergent. Private hospitals in the UK are rapidly growing as the capital starved public system deteriorates.

In Canada, some folks buy private insurance so they can come across the border to receive care in the US...not just those who are seasonal residents. There are hospitals in major northern cities that cater to Canadians.

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