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July 1, 2022 50 mins

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Our guest today is Melinda Caughill - Medicare Expert & Speaker and Co-founder at 65 Incorporated.

Melinda’s high-energy and fun personality made this episode entertaining as well as extremely educational.

As a Medicare expert she has presented to many professional organizations and consulted with some of the nation’s foremost corporations.

During our exciting conversation, Melinda shares how her unique approach has helped many people make sense of Medicare for the first time. We also discuss the benefits of her unbiased services and why she does not sell Medicare insurance.

Melinda also enlightens us on how federal employees can maximize FEHB and TRICARE when considering Medicare.

Melinda Caughill Bio

For Melinda Caughill, Medicare is more than just a job, it’s a family tradition. 

As the daughter a nationally-recognized Medicare expert and pioneer, Diane J. Omdahl, RN, MS, she basically grew up with Medicare being discussed nightly at the dinner table.

Today, as a Co-founder of 65 Incorporated and the revolutionary i65 Medicare guidance software, Melinda uses her expertise to provide today’s seniors, their families, and their professional advisors with unbiased, expert Medicare guidance.

With her extensive background in marketing in addition to Medicare, Melinda is skilled at taking the most confusing and complex aspects of Medicare and translating it into easy-to-understand visual concepts. In fact, she’s the designer behind the revolutionary “3 Parts and 2 Paths” redefinition of how Medicare works. According to many people, this unique interpretation was “the first time Medicare ever made sense.”

Melinda is also a high-energy and entertaining Medicare speaker, having presented to professional organization, like the AAII, CSA, and FPA, as well as for prominent companies, like Edward Jones, LPL, AIG and more. When given a choice on topic, Melinda most enjoys educating financial advisors on how to use Medicare as a very powerful marketing tool to grow their business while also better assisting clients. 

Over the last decade, Melinda has also consulted with some of the nation’s foremost corporations on Medicare, like PBS and Macmillan Publishing.

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