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S1 Ep155: What doctors don't know about their own finances, with Michael Jerkins, M.D., M.Ed., and Jillian Vestal, J.D., of Panacea Financial
Physicians are among the highest earners in the American workforce. They're also among the most financially stressed.
Panacea Financial's 2026 survey, "The Financial Lives of Doctors," puts numbers to that tension. Financial confidence rises from just 2.33 out of 5 in medical school to 3.27 among practicing physicians. More than half of respondents said they would not choose medicine again, or weren't sure, if federal student loans were capped at $200,000 (which they will be next month). Nearly two-thirds cited tax complexity as a top career challenge.
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