Money Matters
New Year, New Me by Kristen Math
The plan was to live as if we were still in training once fellowship was over. My husband and I imagined paying off all of our debt in the first 5 years and accumulating enough savings to buy land, a house in Germany and travel to Disney World each year. Do you see where this is going? Obviously, our expectations were a little high.... »
The Bargain Hunter’s Guide to Shopping by Kristen Math
I’m almost done with next year’s Christmas shopping. I have sweaters for my husband, and a new Christmas serving set for my mom. Hidden away in my treasures are shirts for my dad and step-mom and a beautiful leather-bound Texas Hold’em poker chips set for my brother. I have already picked up some games and books for the children. I... »
Digging Out: Getting Out Of Credit Card Debt by Angela DeBernardo
In the winter, when you hear the term “digging out” you think of large snowfalls and sore shoulders. Every January, a different kind of digging out begins in households across the nation - digging out of the hole you got into with Christmas spending. For medical residents, that hole can be enormous. With educational debt already high... »
Money And Medicine by Thu Van Fraser
Money. It's on the tip of everyone's tongue. If not, it's at least on the back of everyone's mind. No one really wants to talk about it much especially the specifics: How much you make. How much you spend. How much you owe. It's all in a vault locked away behind how you really feel about your in-laws and what you eat when nobody's... »
Surviving the Holidays by Kristen Math
Christmas in our house always ends up looking more like a National Lampoons holiday than a TLC special. This tradition probably dates back to our first family Christmas. Our son was only two weeks old and I had invited my German in-laws over for a traditional American Christmas dinner. Any reasonable person would have realized that two weeks post-partum probably... »
Financial Survival During Residency by Kristen Math
When my husband started residency, the last thing on our minds was balancing our checkbooks. With the stress of q3 call looming over our heads and the challenges of being parents to small children, we embraced the attitude "we will get by". Of course, it's true that we all find a way to navigate the financial challenges that arise during... »
How to go to Medical School and get Paid for it! by Jennifer Hussey
The Military Branches need physicians for the armed forces personnel and their families. The branches that have physicians are Army, Navy and Air Force; the Marines and the Coast Guard are cared for by Navy physicians. There are two ways to become a military medical doctor. The first is to go to the military's own medical school, Uniformed Services University,... »
Getting out of Debt by Kristen Math
This is the first year that my husband and I sat down to make a New Years resolution together. Having recently celebrated the end of fellowship and the beginning of "real life" we had spent the last several months trying desperately to organize and manage the mountains of debt that we had slowly accrued over the last 8 years. This... »
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