Making Medicare Fun

Hi, everyone. Welcome to Making Medicare Fun. I'm Ricki Stewart, a licensed independent agent serving my clients in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. In this fall episode, we delve into the upcoming annual enrollment season from October 15th to December 7th, focusing on significant changes to Medicare for 2025.

We'll break down the removal of the coverage gap (donut hole), the reduction of the maximum out-of-pocket expe...

Happy Spring! This season, we are talking with Tammy Ward, the Public Education Coordinator for LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services in the Pensacola Area. She discusses the importance of knowing if you are an organ donor. 

Connect with LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services:

www.LifeQuestFla.org

https://www.instagram.com/lifequestfla/

https://www.facebook.com/LifeQuestFla/

The online registry at https://www.donatelifeflorida.org/Register/...

This winter season, we get to talk with the owners of The Exercise Coach Pensacola, Evan and Tracey Forbes. They were so kind to talk about their gym, what a membership includes, and what my members can access through their local Medicare plan (that I am licensed to offer for those who qualify). Please seek your local Medicare agent to see if you qualify for this benefit.

This podcast is for my Medicare clients. My Medicare clients...

Last year's episode on the Annual Enrollment Period was our most popular episode ever! So I knew this year for this fall season I would need to bring in THE MEDICARE MOMMA who I go to for AEP advice... Which is my actual mother! Diana Albritton runs and operates Albritton Insurance Services in central Florida. She has worked in the medical field for the last 30-plus years. Within the last 19 years, she started selling Medicare insu...

This summer we are talking with the Center for Independent Living of Northwest Florida (CILNWF)'s Executive Director, Carolyn L. Grawi, MSW, LCSW, LMSW, ACSW, ADAC. The Center for Independent Living of Northwest Florida promotes independence for people with disabilities in Northwest Florida since 1980.

Carolyn and her team at Center for Independent Living of Northwest Florida are amazing and I'm so grateful for the wonderful servic...

Account Executive with Advanced Diabetes Supply®, Carla Albuquerque joins us this season to encourage people who are diabetics how to get connected with her to help them get the supplies they may need. Thank you Carla for coming on and helping listeners on Medicare make it fun!

Contact information for Carla:

Happy Winter! This season we are talking with the Marketing and Communications Director at Council on Aging of West Florida. Her name is Emily Echevarria and she cares so much about our aging population. I loved getting to hear how her daughter was positively impacted by a volunteer with Council on Aging of West Florida before she even worked for them! How fun is that!?

We hope this conversation gives you more clarity about what th...

Happy Summer! Our guest this season is the Communications Director at Better Business Bureau Serving Northwest Florida, Tammy Ward. Tammy and I have known each other for years so when starting this podcast and knowing how concerned my clients are with scammers getting their information, I knew to ask if Tammy would please come on and give us some practical tips to staying protected. Thank you Tammy for your advice, for agreeing to ...

In each episode, we are going to talk to people who know what you should do, know and ask now that you are on Medicare. This summer season, we get to hear from Dr. Amy Reed, MD who is Board Certified in Family Medicine. She works for VIPCare in Pensacola off of Pine Forest Road. She spent seven years in the U.S. Navy and ended her career in the military in Pensacola. We are so thankful to have her here! If you go to VIPCare from li...

Hello! Thank you for listening to Making Medicare Fun. This podcast was created for my clients to connect them with what to do, what to know, and what to ask now that they're on Medicare. My hope is that this helps you understand all that is available to you now that you have your "Red, White and Blue card" as they say in the industry. We will have guests who are experts in their field and who also work with people on Medicare. Thi...