[aldeana]

Isn't that what Covanta is doing at their plant in Okahumpka?

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by asianthree

I would guess many before moving here had a hike to Medical Facilities. 12 years ago for us up north it was 67 minutes to a facility that one didn’t have to worry about the care killing you instead of injuries. Or survival of a gunshot wound just walking from the parking lot.

All of our physicians that we trusted office was 50-70 minute drive. Of course we did have preferred care since most of our family lived on site facility 14-30 days at a time.

TV has a State of the Art Stroke Bus, 24/7 chopper to transport to any Level facility needed. Plus a bunch of cowboys with AEDs available in every neighborhood.

I have moved homes to better school systems, but buy a house because of health care, not in my top ten.

Cowboys... That's funny!

[Howdy]

Originally Posted by Babubhat

‘Dirty diaper on an open campfire’: What’s that smell in Sumter County?

" Coleman Prison " , a friend of mine was a Prison Guard and the Prison Smell is very uniqe a combination of Septic Tank Overflo & an Overused Outhouse...
My friend by the way lasted 5 weeks & lost 25 pounds.

[NYBob]

We would concur. Coming from the Northeast we were shocked to find such substandard hospitals in TV. Nor do we see any push to correct this. Luckily we gave TV a hard pass before accepting far less than what we were accustomed to. With a population of +/- 150k isn't it about time TV had a hospital commensurate with their community ?

Originally Posted by tophcfa

That’s exactly why my wife and I aren’t full timers in the Villages. And the already substandard health care is about to hit a very slippery downhill slope with the unfortunate events happening with The Villages Health. Buckle up for a bumpy ride.

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

You must have lived in the boondocks, up north we had multiple choices between The Cleveland Clinic and it's numerous hospitals, University Hospitals, and Summa Health System. Lots of pcps, specialists on all of the hospital campuses, etc. It was a shock when we moved to TV and tried to find doctors outside of TV Health System using regular medicare with a supplement. We finally found good doctors at Rivers Family Medicine and good dental care in Leesburg with Dr. Lundsford before he stopped accepting new patients. Specialists remained a problem as TV health had long waits for appointments and were generally running 30 to 60 minutes late. Had only one experience at TV hospital and will never go back there, quicker to drive to Ocala and much better care.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I'm from New Haven County, Connecticut. I was within a 5 minute ambulance ride to Yale and St. Raphael's Hospitals, and within 7 minutes to the hospital in Meriden. My own primary care physician was 10 minutes from home, and I could ride my bicycle to the dentist's office. There were three Urgent Care facilities all within 10 minutes by car of my house, and the surgical center where I had my knee operation was 10 minutes by car in the other direction. And yet I lived in the suburbs, off the main road, in an area that felt more like the Historic Section of the Villages except with mostly ranch and Cape Cod homes, with a few late 1800's farmhouses and a couple of Victorian colonials tossed in for historic interest.

I was in walking distance to the closest CVS. We moved from some of the best medical care in the country, to some of the most mediocre. It's not bad enough to be the worst, but it doesn't even hit the bottom edge of what we considered "acceptable" where I come from.