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Health & Wealth Update
7:46 am
Wed February 22, 2012

New program eases debt for rural medical students

Credit Jacob Fenston / KBIA
Brady Didion, fourth-year med student at MU, was recently chosen for an early loan repayment program with the National Health Service Corps.

The average medical school student graduates with close to $160,000 in debt. That heavy burden is one reason why there is a long-running shortage of primary care doctors in rural America. More and more graduating students choose higher-paying specialties over rural primary care. In this weekly update, a new pilot program helps medical students pay off loans as soon as they start residency, so it's easier to choose a lower-paying, but possibly more fulfilling career path.

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