Every weekday from 6am to 9am on the Ideas Network stations, you'll hear Joy Cardin talking with a wide variety
of guests about current issues. Policy-makers and politicos field questions from Joy and her callers on a wide array of timely state, national
and international topics.
Joy's producers, Rob Ferrett, Cynthia Schuster and Bill Martens look for knowledgeable guests from different
political and social perspectives.
Program Comments & Suggestions Tips for Callers
You can join the conversations each weekday morning by using the toll-free call-in number 1-800-642-1234
(Madison Listeners please use 263-1890). You can also e-mail us at talk@wpr.org.
Medicare Part D Resources (as featured on Dec. 2, 2009 program)
For all Medicare beneficiaries: www.medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE
For persons under age 60 who are disabled: Disability Rights Wisconsin at (608) 267-0214
For questions about Medicare Advantage Plans or Medicare supplement policies: Medigap Hotline at 1-800-242-1060
For questions about the Wisconsin SeniorCare program: 1-800-657-2038
For persons over age 60 with questions about Medicare Part D contact:
Case managers at local senior centers can use the Planfinder to help find Part D plans.
- County benefits specialist are trained in finding Medicare Part D plans. The list can be found by clicking here.
- The Medicare Prescription Drug Information Center provides information regarding Part D plans: 1-866-456-8211
- Local and larger pharmacies may provide assistance in searching for a Part D plan.
Individual plan providers should be able to determine the annual cost for their plans as well as information on drug restrictions, quantity limits, or prior authorization requirements.
About Joy Cardin
Joy Cardin started hosting the 6am to 9am call-in programs on May 1st, 2003, replacing Tom
Clark after his retirement.
Joy is a
native of Appleton and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point. She worked as a reporter/anchor for commercial television stations
in Wausau and Green Bay before accepting a reporting/hosting position
at WPR's Green Bay Bureau in 1986. She served as WPR's News Director
before assuming her the position as director of Ideas Network talk
programming. In November 2007, she stepped down as Talk Director to host the morning show full-time.
Joy has received several awards for her reporting and editing.
She served on the Board of Directors of "We the People: Wisconsin"
a civic journalism media collaboration involving Wisconsin Public Radio,
Wisconsin Public Television, The Wisconsin State Journal and WISC-TV in
Madison. She also co-hosted and helped develop the early morning call-in
program with Tom Clark when the Ideas Network was created in 1990.
