2024 Senior Fellows Program (2nd & 3rd Year) | September 2024-Money Matters: Finance Tips for Physicians

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The speaker offers financial advice geared towards physicians, emphasizing the lack of financial education in medical training. They introduce their work environment at Kaiser Permanente and disclose their purely personal experience with financial matters. Key advice includes the importance of financial literacy, obtaining disability and life insurance, and managing loans and savings. Specific recommendations are given on disability insurance, buying life insurance, and planning for retirement, leveraging the power of compound interest, and taking advantage of tax-deferred and tax-free retirement accounts. The speaker also highlights practical tips for budgeting, handling student debt, and preparing for major life expenses. Finally, they emphasize the need to protect one’s assets, live within means, and plan for financial independence.

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Linda Hou, MD, FASGE

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financial literacy

disability insurance

life insurance

retirement planning

budgeting

student debt