Author Archives: Kevin Soden, MD

Two things I’ve learned as a television journalist interviewing hundreds of people over the years. First, each person has a unique story to tell and second, I always learn something from each of them. My recent interviews with Bonnie, Sr. Kathleen and my brother, Denis, as part of our RLTV special on Medicare confirm my beliefs. I found three unique stories and I learned something from each of these special…

You know what often happens when you “assume” something. Well, this certainly was the case when it came to what I thought I knew about Medicare. When I learned that I was going to be doing some stories about Medicare for RLTV, I assumed that I knew a fair amount about it especially since I’d had to sign up for Medicare this past year and I’d done some research at…

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…