Retirement Living TV Partners with Maryland Public Television to Address the Issue of Healthcare in America Through Its Series Healthcare ‘08: Search for Solutions
Posted on April 30, 2008
Filed Under Digital Entertainment / Blogtainment, entertainment
BALTIMORE, April 30 /PRNewswire/ — Retirement Living TV (RLTV) and
Maryland Public Television (MPT) are working together to bring a compelling
dialogue on the healthcare system in America to the Maryland, Washington,
Northern Virginia and Southern Delaware television markets through RLTV’s
original series, Healthcare ‘08: Search for Solutions. The nation’s leading
political and public leaders present their position on the present and
future state of healthcare through this series of in-depth conversations
with Bill Brody, MD, President of Johns Hopkins University. Healthcare ‘08
is produced in association with Johns Hopkins University and the National
Coalition on Health Care (NCHC).
“This is a rare opportunity for the MPT and RLTV audiences to share in
a dialogue between thought leaders on what is undoubtedly one of the most
important issues facing our country. This series presents an insight into
both how our healthcare system really works and what needs to be done to
fix it. Dr. Brody does an exceptional job at challenging conventional
wisdom in these interviews,” said Elliot Jacobson, VP of programming and
production, RLTV.
Healthcare ‘08: Search for Solution featured interview subjects include
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City; Bill Novelli, CEO, AARP; John
Erickson, CEO, Erickson Retirement Communities; Newt Gingrich, former
Speaker of the House and Elias A. Zerhouni, MD, Director, National
Institute of Health. During the series, Dr. William Brody, president of
Johns Hopkins University interviews the participants and respected
journalists including Judy Woodruff, Lea Thompson and Felicia Taylor act as
moderators.
“The Federal government is in paralysis because of partisanship and
special interest groups that fund their campaigns. And, they would not do
anything to upset the tobacco industry where this century we’re going to
kill a billion people in this world because of smoking,” stated Mayor
Michael Bloomberg during his Healthcare ‘08 interview.
“This is an opportunity to provide compelling commentary on one of the
most important issues facing aging Americans. RLTV has asked hard questions
of some of today’s top leaders and their answers are of interest to our
viewers,” said Eric Eggleton, SVP, MPT.
Healthcare ‘08: Search for Solutions Airing Schedule
RLTV - 3:30 p.m. EDT
May 1 Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
May 8 John Erickson, CEO, Erickson Retirement Communities
May 15 Bill Novelli, CEO, AARP
May 22 Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
TBA - Elias A. Zerhouni, MD, Director, NIH
MPT - 8 p.m. EDT
May 1 Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
May 8 John Erickson, CEO, Erickson Retirement Communities
May 15 Bill Novelli, CEO, AARP
May 22 Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House
TBA - Elias A. Zerhouni, MD, Director, NIH
About Retirement Living TV
Retirement Living TV (RLTV) is the only network dedicated to informing,
involving and inspiring people aspiring to retire and those in active
retirement. Launched in September 2006, the network has all original
programming with established celebrities and journalists on topics spanning
critical issues including health, lifestyle, finance and politics. RLTV is
the expert in the field of aging, guided by an internationally-recognized
team of gerontologists and researchers. RLTV is seen in 30 million homes
across North America on DirecTV, Comcast, Verizon FiOS and other video
providers or by logging on to http://WWW.RL.TV
About Maryland Public Television (MPT)
MPT is a leader in the production of broadcast programming for public
television. MPT’s local/regional television credits include public affairs,
original performance, documentary and entertainment programs for the
citizens of Maryland. Beyond broadcast, MPT creates instructional videos,
develops training and builds Internet sites that serve tens of thousands of
students, teachers and child-care providers annually. MPT outreach
activities, especially relating to arts, culture and history, take place in
all areas of the state to further fulfill MPT’s mission to engage,
enlighten and entertain. For more information on MPT visit http://www.mpt.org
SOURCE Retirement Living TV
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