ABOUT THE SPECIALS
Making Medicare Work For You: Boomers, Welcome to Medicare guides viewers through the rules, deadlines and choices available to them as they prepare to enter the world of Medicare. The program features a team of industry experts from all areas of the Medicare community. Our experts use their expertise to help explain Medicare and how it works and the plan choices available to you…
Making Medicare Work For You: Your Questions, Your Choices is a forum for real people making important decisions that will fundamentally affect their lives. During the interactive program, the in-studio team of experts will respond to man-in-the-street questions…
About the Host
Deborah Norville
Deborah Norville host of RLTV’s series Making Medicare Work for You, is one of the most watched, trusted and acclaimed journalists on television. Norville has covered the milestones of a generation. From the funerals of Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan and the devastation in D.C. on September 11th to the inauguration of Barack Obama and the red carpet at the Oscars. Viewers look to Norville to make sense of our times with her unique insight, integrity and compassion. A sought-after lecturer, Norville speaks with candor and humor about dealing with life’s curves and juggling a career and motherhood.
ABOUT THE EXPERTS
Dr. Kevin Soden
Emmy award-winning medical journalist Kevin Soden, M.D. spent two decades as an emergency room physician prior to his television career.
Amy Larrick
Amy Larrick is a Health Insurance Specialist at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Washington, D.C.
Hilary Dalin
Hilary Dalin is the Director of Policy and Programs for the National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment at the National Council on Aging.
Seema Siddiqui
Target pharmacist Seema Siddiqui received her PharmD and MBA from the University of Southern Nevada in 2008. She enjoys providing genuine care and is a healthcare resource for her community.
LATEST BLOGS
Deborah Norville Blog
Medicare Made Clear recently partnered with RLTV to create “Making Medicare Work for You: Boomers, Welcome to Medicare.” The show breaks down Medicare info for the 10,000 boomers that turn 65 each day… for the next 19 years! Read host Deborah Norville’s blog post about how the program’s experts turn new-to-Medicare confusion into plain English.
Kevin Soden, M.D. Blog
Prior to turning 65, I couldn’t begin to understand what the big issue was with Medicare. I thought it was as simple as you sign up and you’re covered. One size fits all and you could then go to whatever doctor took Medicare and you were covered. Being an ER doctor, I didn’t have to deal with patient insurance issues. I simply took care of everyone who came through the ER doors and the hospital worried about the financial side of things. Boy, have I ever been rudely surprised.
VIDEO CLIPS
Featured Videos
Web Exclusive
Topics include initial eligibility, exceptions to the annual enrollment period, finding a doctor and more.
Free Medicare Help via SHIP
Find out how to get free, unbiased help in enrolling or changing Medicare options.
Bonnie and the Experts
A DC Realtor in great health looks for guidance in selecting the appropriate Medicare plan.
Kathleen and the Experts
Sister Kathleen is burdened with a serious pre existing condition which requires expensive prescriptions.
Medicare Part D, Prescription Drug Coverage
Need to know how to get prescription drug coverage? It’s an optional plan, but if you think you will ever need it, be sure to enroll when you are first eligible to keep your premiums lower.
Ten Key Things About Medicare
Check out 10 things that everyone should know as they get ready to enroll.
Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap)
Medicare Supplement Insurance plans offered by private insurance companies can help pay some of your costs.
Choosing a Plan
Learn more about what you need to know and where to get more information about Medicare.
MEDICARE NEWS
UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) are partnering to educate beneficiaries, their caregivers and baby boomers about Medicare. Events will be taking place this summer and fall throughout the United States. To find out more information, please visit www.NCOA.org/Medicare.
Taking Care is a groundbreaking and courageous four-part series examining the growing concerns over caregiving. RLTV knows that 80% of burden rests with the families: the series focuses as much on the caregivers as the care recipients.
A companion program to RLTV’s top rated series Healthline, Whole Body Health adopts a holistic approach to wellness and medical care. Each week award-winning medical journalist Kevin Soden, M.D. takes viewers on a journey into the world of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine.