Danielle Roberts: Medicare for Baby Boomers
Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser
Dr. Ron Kaiser
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🗓️ 1 October 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
It probably sounds really scary when you get to the eligible age for Medicare.
Many people get used to their group insurance and think that stepping onto a Government program will mean that their coverage will be worst.
But that is absolutely not the case. The coverage can be wonderful to use and Danielle is here to explain the benefits of Medicare. On today’s episode, she is going to share with us her knowledge of how Medicare works, what advantages you have on enrollment, and when should you start looking into it and understanding what’s best for you.
Danielle is an insurance expert, who writes regularly for many online publications, including Forbes where she is a member of the Finance Council. She's a TCU Journalism graduate and former magazine editor, and she enjoys sharing her knowledge about Medicare, retirement, and insurance, so that baby boomers can prepare for the cost of healthcare in retirement.
She regularly appears as a guest expert on healthcare podcasts and radio shows and Danielle is the co-founder of Boomer Benefits.
So, listen to Episode 11 of Rejuvenaging, to learn about the benefits of Medicare and how you can properly create an insurance plan for yourself.
Questions I ask:
- Just from a practical standpoint, aren't all the insurance companies competing for the same population? Why should there be variations among plans? (07:22)
- Is Medicare always the better deal than insurance that you can get in the marketplace? (12:48)
- Is wellness a consideration in any of these plans? (16:21)
- What are some of the mistakes that people make? (23:40)
- Looking at your background, how did you get into this field? (33:52)
In this episode, you will learn:
- About the Medicare enrollment period. (03:01)
- The ancillary benefits that Medicare provides. (17:55)
- What “Zero Premium” means. (18:33)
- Danielle’s advice to anyone new to Medicare. (28:05)
- About the connection between Social Security and Medicare. (32:25)
Connect with Danielle:
Rejuvenaging Resources:
- https://www.thementalhealthgym.com/
- Book: Dr. Ron Kaiser - Rejuvenaging: The Art and Science of Growing Older with Enthusiasm
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. |
| 0:23.9 | This is the podcast that's devoted to helping you live enthusiastically today and tomorrow |
| 0:29.9 | and every other day of your life. I am your host, Ron Kaiser. I'm a positive health psychologist |
| 0:37.4 | and the author of the bestselling and award-winning book. I'm proud to say Rejuvenaging, |
| 0:43.6 | the art and science of growing older with enthusiasm. The guests that we feature on this podcast are |
| 0:50.6 | people who not only lead their own lives enthusiastically but have ways of helping you to do the most |
| 0:58.3 | effective job of being the best version of yourself by giving you the opportunity to live |
| 1:04.1 | enthusiastically. I think one of the best ways of doing that is to not have to worry too much about |
| 1:11.1 | health insurance, money running out, things of this nature. Today's guest is really going to be |
| 1:18.2 | providing us with a lot of expertise as well as enthusiasm. Danielle Roberts is an insurance expert |
| 1:26.4 | who writes regularly for many online publications, including Forbes, where she is a member of the |
| 1:33.1 | Finance Council. She's a TCU Journalism graduate and former magazine editor. She enjoys |
| 1:41.4 | sharing her knowledge about Medicare, retirement and insurance so that baby boomers can prepare for |
| 1:49.1 | the cost of healthcare in retirement. She regularly appears as a guest expert on healthcare |
| 1:57.1 | podcasts and radio shows and Danielle is the co-founder of Baby Boomers. Boomer benefits. Sorry, |
| 2:10.0 | Danielle, welcome to Rejuvenaging. It's a thrill to have you here. |
| 2:14.5 | Oh, it's my pleasure to be here and yes, actually lots of people search for us online as Baby Boomer |
| 2:19.5 | benefits. So that makes me happy. It's exactly the demographic that we serve. Obviously, it's a timely |
| 2:26.8 | time to have you on the podcast because we're either around the corner or in the midst of |
| 2:33.6 | the enrollment period for Medicare and the reenrollment period. And let me throw that at you. I |
| 2:40.7 | mean, I know those of us. I mean, obviously I'm in your demographic. Mailbox gets filled with |
| 2:47.7 | lots of stuff from lots of insurance companies, Medicare. There's all kinds of |
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