Show Notes
Medical crises can quickly drain savings, especially if no one knows your treatment preferences. Costly procedures, frozen accounts and family disagreements are real risks without proper planning. Andrea Heng sits down with Allen Lim from the Asia Estate Planning Association to discuss how Advance Care Planning can help families act with clarity and confidence. Editor's Note: This episode of Money Talks has been edited to remove an incorrect reference to the Advance Care Plan (ACP). An ACP is used for documenting future healthcare preferences and cannot be used to assign insurance policy ownership or nominations. Such arrangements must be made directly with the insurance provider. We apologise for the error. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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