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Money Meets Medicine

On Money Meets Medicine, Dr. Jimmy Turner discusses all things career and finance for physicians. With expert guest discussions, Jimmy tackles the personal finance topics you wish you had learned in medical school. The MMM podcast will help you tackle your student loans, achieve financial independence, invest for retirement, and decrease your financial stress and burnout. To get help with free educational content or obtaining own-occupation disability insurance from a source you know you can…

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Part-time work, Paying Off Loans, & Funding Kids College

In this episode of Money Meets Medicine , hosts Dr. Jimmy Turner and Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Justin Harvey tackle three listener questions from the Money Meets Medicine community. 1. Should residents pay extra on their student loans if they are in the new Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP)? 2. What are the financial considerations to make working part-time make sense? 3. If you are a parent…

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5 Bad Pieces of Financial Advice to Avoid

On the Money Meets Medicine podcast, Dr. Jimmy Turner and Justin Harvey discuss how common personal finance advice can be especially costly for physicians and outline six “bad advice” items. They warn that disability insurance company choice matters because applying with the wrong carrier can trigger denials that eliminate access to guaranteed standard issue policies; they also caution against…

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Should I Invest in SpaceX? (Lessons from SpaceX IPO)

SpaceX priced at $135 a share, raised $75 billion, and hit an all-time high of $225 within days — then fell to $107. Dr. Jimmy Turner and Justin Harvey CFP break down how index funds actually decide what gets included in the index, why the S&P 500 said no to SpaceX while CRSP and the Russell 1000 said yes, and what that means for the total stock market index fund in your 401(k). What you'll learn:…

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Are Doctors Fairly Paid? Inside the 2026 Compensation Data

28% of physicians say they don't earn enough for what their family needs. The lowest-paid specialty still makes $266,000. Medscape's 2026 physician compensation report surveyed roughly 6,000 doctors across 29+ specialties, and the numbers tell a stranger story than "doctors are underpaid." Average pay rose 3%, barely clearing inflation, and nine specialties were flat or down. Jimmy and Justin…

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Red Flags in Private Practice Job Offers

Being able to know the difference between a good and a bad job offer as a physician in private practice involves knowing where the landmines and pitfalls are so that you can avoid them. In this episode, host Dr. Jimmy Turner interviews Michael Johnson, a physician contract attorney at Michael Johnson Legal. Resources: Get 10% off working with Gelt, the tax strategy team that Jimmy Turner…

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Trump Accounts: What You Need to Know

Trump accounts — technically the 530A — went live July 4th, and Justin Harvey opened three for his own kids just to see how they work. These accounts are child-owned, they behave like a traditional IRA, and they come with rules most physicians haven't heard yet. Tag along with Jimmy Turner and Justin Harvey as they discuss where they actually belong in your savings hierarchy, and who should pass…

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Physician Tax Strategy: W2 vs 1099 vs K1

CPA Spencer Carroll joins the show to unpack tax strategy for physicians: why your income type matters more than your income, and where the real savings hide. Whether you're a W-2 employee, a 1099 locums doc, or a K-1 partner, the levers you can pull are wildly different. What you'll learn: Which of W-2, 1099, and K-1 is the best—and worst—way to get paid as a physician When an S corp actually…

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Why FIRE Isn't the Goal (FIWO)

Dr. Jimmy Turner cut back to part-time at 35—and ended up on antidepressants. FIRE wasn't the escape hatch he expected. FIRE—financial independence, retire early—promises an exit from burnout. But what happens when you finally get there and realize you don't know who you are without medicine? Jimmy and Justin make the case for FIWO (financial independence, work optional) instead. Resources:…

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Saving Less Saved My Career (Coast FIRE)

What if your first three years as an attending decide whether you work three days a week in your 40s—or six days into your 60s? Dr. Jimmy Turner burned out early in his career—antidepressants, 1.3 FTE, the works—before discovering the fix: working less. He and Justin Harvey, CFP, break down Coast FIRE, your Wealth Accumulation Rate, and why the savings decisions you make right out of training set…

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Why Many Doctors Live Paycheck to Paycheck

Physicians earning $400K are living paycheck to paycheck—and an 18th-century psychology trap is why. Roughly 30% of doctors over 60 don't have $1M in net worth, even counting their home. Justin Harvey and Dr. Jimmy Turner unpack the behavioral-finance forces—the Diderot Effect, lifestyle creep, and leverage—that quietly erode physician wealth, and the simple framework that lets you spend…

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Is Loan Forgiveness Worth a $300K Tax Bill?

There are two ways to get your student loans forgiven — and the one nobody talks about could leave you with a six-figure tax bill. Most physicians know PSLF. Far fewer understand taxable forgiveness — the IDR path that hands you a massive tax bill 20 years down the road. Jimmy and Justin break down a real listener question (anesthesiologist + dentist, $400K in loans at 7%) to show why "married…

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