About the shortage of primary care, which I’ll be discussing — and with similar recommendations to Kevin — later in my series. Way to go Kevin. Another point we can agree upon.
(Kevin is right; as a medical student, we can see the writing on the wall and do the basic math.)
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Talking about math, so the average medical student graduates with 140,000.00? Really? Mine is slightly over $200,000.00 and that’s with undergrad paid off and conservative lifestyle. I didn’t even get a used car until 4th year of med school. Some expensive medical school I am attending…
Well, the debt isn’t so important as the value of the investment bought with that money. Most physicians are amazingly innumerate in that they whine about their medical school debt, but can’t do the basic math of the value of an annuity.