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Originally posted by frayedends:
Golf cart is a must.

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Originally posted by downtownv:
Frayedends, I wish you the best!

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Originally posted by frayedends:
Only thing is then we will need to work down there, for much less money most likely. We can do it though, and with the crappy weather and politics here we are looking to get out.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
aThe details are a little fuzzy. Sometime back the Villages strongly urged that residents use the Health Center which ONLY took Medicare Advantage plans. So most signed up. When a resident got cancer he had to drive 150 miles to get care because cancer care was not available. Of course this was costly bedause it was considered out of network. This sort of underhanded bs is one reason The Villages is on the no go list.

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Originally posted by 220-9er:
An interesting story, and one to be aware of, here. Management has almost total control and uses it to their advantage.
Anyone who runs their numbers to see if it can work for them needs to factor this into the equation.

https://theintercept.com/2023/...illages-oren-miller/

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Originally posted by frayedends:
Thanks HRK, absolutely right. That's why we fell in love with it so fast. We just landed at home and the weather is again miserable. The truth is we will end up in Florida full time sooner than we thought. We just ran some quick numbers and could sell our home here, pay off the mortgage in Florida (and here). We'd need 120K or so to add a pool. But we may be able to save that in the next year or so.

Only thing is then we will need to work down there, for much less money most likely. We can do it though, and with the crappy weather and politics here we are looking to get out.

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What that means is that convenient care is not handy if you do not have an MA plan,and doctors willing to work for less.
Here is the link: https://thevillageshealth.com/...medicare-enrollment/

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Originally posted by wingfoot:


I hope ya’ll do get to go ahead and move permanently. The Villages is a beautiful place and it is kept super clean, just the type of place we want to live in. We have a realtor down there and he sends us a list of houses every week or so to look at. I’d really like to have a pool the more I think about but I’d like a resale with one. Pool installation costs have gone crazy high.

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Originally posted by frayedends:

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What that means is that convenient care is not handy if you do not have an MA plan,and doctors willing to work for less.
Here is the link: https://thevillageshealth.com/...medicare-enrollment/

This makes no sense. There is no reason anyone has to sign up for the Villages Health. There are tons of options outside the Villages. It's not on an island. I guess I just don't get it. Being that I won't have medicare for more than 10 years, I guess I don't care anyhow.

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Originally posted by HRK:

Look at any list of physicians, anywhere in the USA and not run across a foreign name is impossible and no indication of the quality of care.

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Originally posted by frayedends:

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What that means is that convenient care is not handy if you do not have an MA plan,and doctors willing to work for less.
Here is the link: https://thevillageshealth.com/...medicare-enrollment/

This makes no sense. There is no reason anyone has to sign up for the Villages Health. There are tons of options outside the Villages. It's not on an island. I guess I just don't get it. Being that I won't have medicare for more than 10 years, I guess I don't care anyhow.

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Originally posted by wingfoot:


I hope ya’ll do get to go ahead and move permanently. The Villages is a beautiful place and it is kept super clean, just the type of place we want to live in. We have a realtor down there and he sends us a list of houses every week or so to look at. I’d really like to have a pool the more I think about but I’d like a resale with one. Pool installation costs have gone crazy high.

Thanks wingfoot. It is pretty awesome. Regarding pools, yeah it's about 120K to install a decent pool. That includes everything, the bird cage, the patio, etc. I'm sure tons of upgrades are available also. I know up here in MA pools don't add value so if you can get a resale it makes sense. In Florida they do increase the value of the house.

Lots of things go into pricing houses in the Villages. Resales are actually more expensive right now than new construction. Factors like how much of the bond is paid, things that have been upgraded, and home site, and location to the town squares.

One of the considerations for our purchase is that currently we aren't too close to the town squares. We are close to Sawgrass Grove, which has food and nightly entertainment, but not nearly what they have in town squares. However, in the next year they will build up Eastport. We will be close to there and it will increase our property value quite a bit.

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Look at any list of physicians, anywhere in the USA and not run across a foreign name is impossible and no indication of the quality of care.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Look at any list of physicians, anywhere in the USA and not run across a foreign name is impossible and no indication of the quality of care.

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Speaking flawless English and understanding the culture is important. I beg you to argue the point that it is irrelevant.

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Originally posted by frayedends:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Look at any list of physicians, anywhere in the USA and not run across a foreign name is impossible and no indication of the quality of care.

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Speaking flawless English and understanding the culture is important. I beg you to argue the point that it is irrelevant.

If you want to argue doctor's native country/language, it can go in a different thread. It has nothing to do with the Villages.