Disability Insurance for Physicians: 6 Important Benefits to Consider

Disability Insurance for Physicians: 6 Important Benefits to Consider

There are a number of special factors that physicians and other medical professionals should take into account when purchasing disability insurance.  Below are 6 key features and benefits to strongly consider having in your plan:

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Are Doctors Investing Properly For Retirement?

Are Doctors Investing Properly For Retirement?

Fidelity Investments conducted a study that analyzed the retirement behaviors of over 100,000 healthcare professionals including 5,100 physicians.  The results are startling.  Even though physicians average an annual salary of $300,000, they are not saving enough for retirement.

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Advice to Third Year Medical Students

Advice to Third Year Medical Students

Given all the complaining by doctors about change, it comes as no surprise that medical students are having self-doubts and questioning their career choices. I interact with all kinds of students at various stages of their undergraduate and graduate careers and they seem to fall into three categories—those that can't wait to get into the game, those who have doubts about their choices but are too paralyzed with fear and anxiety to do anything or keep it to themselves, and those who quit to do something else. Maybe they missed my advice column when they were a premed.

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Why Physicians Need to Read "The Patient, The Doctor and The Bill Collector"

 Why Physicians Need to Read "The Patient, The Doctor and The Bill Collector"

Today's independent physician practices and even hospitals are locked into a system which contributes not only to the financial and emotional pain of the people they were called upon to heal, but to delivering the most expensive care in the civilized world.

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