if you're a military doctor not only do you save approximately $200k on the cost of your schooling you also far outearn civilian doctors over med school and res

if you're a military doctor not only do you save approximately $200k on the cost of your schooling you also far outearn civilian doctors over med school and residency. even top residency programs pay very little. until you make attending (or possibly fellow) you are probably making half of what your peers in the military are making. military doctors earn less for the last 4-6 years of their service but they more than makeup for it over the first 8-10