207 Women, Money & Healthcare - Jean Chatzky, Author, Money Expert & Founder of HerMoney

I’m so excited to have the one-and-only Jean Chatzky on the show to talk about women, money and healthcare in the United States. In case you aren’t in the loop, Jean Chatzky is the founder of Her Money Media, an organization that strives to promote financial literacy amongst women. She is also an award-winning editor of NBC Today, and has appears on shows like Oprah, MSNBC, CNN, The View, The Talk just to name a few. She also has her own podcast called HerMoney with Jean Chatzky which has received shout outs from The New York Times, Yahoo Finance and Refinery29. If that wasn’t enough, she is also the best-selling author of 11 books, including her latest book (that I’m doing a book giveaway for) called Women with Money: The Judgement-Free Guide to Creating the Joyful, Less Stressed, Purposeful (and Yes, Rich) Life You Deserve. As you may expect, Jean and I chat about women and money in this episode, since that is a big focus in her writing and her podcast. We also discuss one very important topic that as a Canadian I find fascinating, healthcare in the U.S. I hear it pretty much every time I speak to one of my friends in the U.S.: healthcare costs can be very expensive in America! The system works very differently than in Canada, and although there is always talk about reform, if you’re American you need to figure how to navigate the system as it stands today. That’s why Jean is also an ambassador for HAS Awareness Day. We talk extensively about health savings accounts, something I’ll be honest I’ve never heard of. In Canada, there’s a thing called health spending accounts, but they are offered by companies or you can set one up if you are a business owner. In other words, they work very differently. We go fairly in-depth about HSAs in this episode, but since there’s quite a bit to know and they are a relatively new type of account, feel free to learn more at HSADay.com. Visit jessicamoorhouse.com/contests to enter to win a copy of her book! For full episode show notes visit https://jessicamoorhouse.com/207