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Thanks to the new health care laws, states must (or will be) spending more money on Medicaid which takes money away from public higher education. As it is, the

Thanks to the new health care laws, states must (or will be) spending more money on Medicaid which takes money away from public higher education. As it is, the boomer generation is funding a far lower proportion of the state public universities than their parents' generation did for them, which is really unfair. It is because of increased Medicaid costs and also because boomers aren't financing the proportion of state higher education that their parents did that many of today's young have higher student debt than it the past. Doctors don't haven't to incur debt in medical school if they spend four years in the military as doctors.

Broken_Hippo 10y ago
That first point i'm not sure if it is true or not: My understanding was that the federal government was going to pay most of the money. Besides, if we as voters thought a little more and demanded better funding for schools - and say, cutting money spent on unwanted or unneeded military equipment - we could get it. Your option for doctors to not incur medical debt is very hopeful. First, I doubt the military has enough positions for all the doctors to fill, and I doubt all doctors would be fit enough to qualify for military service. On top of that, that is 4-6 years longer before they can actually practice. There should be a way that is much better than sending potential doctors and surgeons off to war. For instance, forgive loans to folks that work in general family practice for 7 or 8 years, less if they move and practice in an area that is in a high demand (poverty stricken area) - with the disclaimer that they must take all forms of government backed insurance.