Conversations on Senior Advocacy and Medicare with Bill Kadereit

Send us FAN MAIL text, include your cell# for a replyNRLN’s Bill Kadereit on Medicare Open Enrollment, Social Security Cuts, and Senior AdvocacySeason eight of Villages Vitality Life opens with host Mike Roth interviewing Bill Kadereit, chairman and CEO of the National Retirees Legislative Network (NRLN) and chair of the American Retirees Education Foundation (AREF). Kadereit explains NRLN’s nationwide, nonpartisan advocacy focused on retirees’ income and healthcare security, including pensions, Social Security, Medicare, prescription drugs, and taxes. They stress why seniors must watch Medicare open enrollment as healthcare costs accelerate and Medicare Advantage plans are being canceled, creating “guaranteed issue rights” situations where affected members must request the “golden ticket” to switch coverage without medical underwriting. Kadereit warns Social Security reserves may be depleted by 2032, leading to an estimated 22% benefit cut, and says Medicare’s HI trust faces similar risk around 2035. Proposed fixes include removing the payroll tax cap and reducing large Medicare Advantage rebates to insurers. He directs listeners to NRLN.org and AREFpodcast.org.Chapters 00:00 - Season Eight Kickoff 00:39 - Meet Bill Kadereit 02:06 - Why Enrollment Matters 03:45 - Social Security Cliff 04:53 - Join and Support NRLN 06:41 - Action Alerts Made Easy 07:34 - Medicare Funding and Golden Ticket11:48 - Fixing the Funding Gap 13:57 - Alzheimers Tip Break 15:14 - Rebates and Drug Costs 20:05 - More Info and Local Chapters 21:46 - Wrap Up and Thanks Support the showVillages Vitality Senior Life Unscripted is Produced & Directed by Mike RothA new episode will be released most Fridays at 9 AMDirect all questions and comments to [email protected] you know a someone who should appear on the show, please contact us at:  [email protected]