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why would doctors willingly give up making extra hundreds of thousands of dollars?
by pastor_elm 8y ago
why would doctors willingly give up making extra hundreds of thousands of dollars?
- robotresearcher 8y agoWhy would a university willingly give up millions of dollars in tuition? Some people and institutions optimize for other things once they have enough money. Alas, this couldn’t have a large effect on health costs anyway, since costs are dominated by things other than doctor pay.
- karmajunkie 8y agoThey're not giving it up—it's being paid by the interest on a rather large endowment.
- naveen99 8y agoThey are giving up interest on a rather large endowment.
- stevenwoo 8y agoFrom the article they are 450 million into a roughly estimated 700 million needed to fund this new initiative.
- amdavidson 8y agoAn endowment that wouldnt exist except for the free tuition.
- robotresearcher 8y agoPart of this money could only have been raised by a free tuition program. But many top med schools have somehow accrued huge endowments without offering free tuition. So that part may not be enormous. It’s an awesome program for these students.