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Docs Outside The Box

PSLF Guilt, Family Expectations, and Financial Reality. #473 Part 2

Docs Outside The Box

Dr. Nii Darko

Career, Education, Doctor, Medicine, Careers, Job, Business, Health & Fitness, Finance, Investing, Premed, Black, Money, Lifestyle, Mindset

4.9516 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! We tackle a raw listener question about carrying $520k in med school debt, feeling guilty about pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and navigating first‑gen family expectations. We break down what PSLF really is, why it exists, and how to compare it against traditional and accelerated payoff paths. FREE DOWNLOAD - 7 Considerations Before Starting Locum Tenens - https://darkos.lpages.co/7-cons...

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0:00.0

All right, guys, so we just finished talking about the Affordable Care Act premium spikes,

0:04.6

how it's going to affect patients, how it's going to affect you as doctors, residents,

0:09.4

and even those who are Locum's docs, it affects everybody.

0:12.8

Make sure you check out that segment for what's going on.

0:15.4

Right now, we're going to answer a question from one of our audience members on PSLF,

0:19.9

being a first-gen immigrant and

0:22.0

not disappointing their parents. Let's jump into this. So, you know, me, I love listener

0:27.9

questions because that's when you get the real, real. All right, guys, that's what we're here

0:31.0

for, right? Like, we in our 40s, we in our 40s. And, you know, we've been through a lot. We've seen a lot. The School of Hard Knocks, you know. And I think that that's our, I think that's our power, our superpower is we've, we're not far enough that, you know, we don't know what's going on with the younger generation. But we've been through it where we can give really good advice. Okay. Let's see.

0:55.0

I know you guys, the young, y'all don't like to listen, but I'm telling you, we know

0:58.7

what's going on.

0:59.7

Youngens.

1:00.2

So let's jump into this.

1:01.1

We got a question literally, this guy's initials or girls' initials is MD, right?

1:05.7

How convenient.

1:06.9

How convenient, right?

1:08.2

What if you go into what do you call, osteopathic school?

1:12.5

Hi, I'm MD to DO.

1:13.7

Right, MDDO.

1:19.3

All right, it says, I'm finishing med school with $520,000 in student loans.

1:20.4

God damn.

1:26.3

My parents never went to college and they think I'm now, in quotes, set for life.

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