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Are There "Traps" In Pennsylvania For Doctors?
Category: In Your Face
I always thought of a trap as something that is not obvious as someone is walking into it. I think of speed traps, for example. If there were a huge sign that said "radar guns in use just around this next bend" who would call that a speed trap?
Clark Venable, at Waking Up Costs, has a different take on traps. Clark thinks that medical doctors are likely to be trapped by a Pennsylvania offer to pay student loans off over a ten year period. By his logic, medical school trapped these same doctors by educating them for a fee. Nice try, Clark.
(By the way, jackpot medical malpractice system is a nice touch.)
Pennsylvania Doctor Trap Number Two Proposed
Pennsylvania has chosen an interesting strategy to keep doctors from leaving the state. Rather than fix the current jackpot medical malpractice system they've decided to try to trap doctors that are already here.The legislature is now working on trap number two--a physician loan forgiveness program. For a period of ten years, for every year a physician practices in Pennsylvania after completing training the state will pay off ten percent of their student loan debt. If they leave early (say, after five years), they have to pay the state back ALL of the money the state paid toward their loans.
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