Doctors’ associations, medical schools and student advocates warn that a proposal in the Republican-led budget bill being considered by Congress restricts graduate federal student loans and could worsen a national shortage of doctors.
The new Republican proposal would limit federal student loans for “professional programs” – such as medical school – to $150,000, eliminate a federal graduate loan program and put limits on loan forgiveness.
Medical students rely heavily on federal student loans to finance lengthy and expensive educations, particularly since 2006, when Congress broadly lifted caps on borrowing limits to allow for the full cost of tuition and living expenses.
That’s fine. Nobody will be able to afford seeing one anyways. Problem solved.
The cost of medical education is so high, America currently imports doctors from other countries. 1 in 5 doctors, according to the stats.
With the way we treat immigration, expect that number to drop significantly. And we have doctors fleeing.
Add that to having some of the most incompetent government officials who are propping up chemicals companies and disregarding societal health – we are looking at a time bomb.
