Federal Debt, Student Loans, and the Physician Workforce
Ian Metzler is a medical student at Harvard Medical School, currently studying health systems improvement at Children’s Hospital Boston John G. Meara MD, DMD, MBA is Associate Professor in the Dept of Global Health and Social Medicine, and the Director for the Program in Global Surgery & Social Change at Children’s Hospital Boston As of June last year, Americans now owe more in student debt than they do in credit card debt. Student borrowers are winning the dangerous debt race as both amounts hurtle toward the $1 trillion marker,...
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Ian Metzler is a medical student at Harvard Medical School, currently studying health systems improvement at Children’s Hospital Boston. With computerized health systems, physicians can place orders as easily as they can shop online at Amazon.com. Just a few clicks and your physician can purchase a panel of blood tests, futuristic imaging and diagnostic procedures that will hopefully guide their path to solving your ailments. Search. Click. Submit. Repeat. Except, unlike online shopping, physicians don’t see the price tags and they never get the bill. Doctors are the true consumers of...
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