tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post1128493221855770924..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: Of Human BondageJeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-37899251535222581372012-10-31T13:54:42.849-04:002012-10-31T13:54:42.849-04:00Look at the relative change in support from states...Look at the relative change in support from states for state universities in that same time period. At what level did your state support its universities in the 70s? And now?<br /><br />That's a lot of the rise in state school tuition. The taxpayers don't want to pay for the public schools, so the students get most of the bill. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-63582715116183467342012-10-22T11:26:35.219-04:002012-10-22T11:26:35.219-04:00These are the results when our gov't leaders c...These are the results when our gov't leaders care more about JP Morgan Chase than the electorate. The only way to get the meaningful change you refer to is to change the political system. Until someone with good ideas can get elected without a treasure chest of tens of millions of dollars, there is no incentive for the gov't to fix the problem.<br /><br />Another good post, glad you're back to blogging with some regularity.Attorney Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-15827573399011561032012-10-20T11:27:46.600-04:002012-10-20T11:27:46.600-04:00Yup.
The upper range of med school tuition+fees i...Yup.<br /><br />The upper range of med school tuition+fees is now over $60k though. Caribbean med schools are cheaper than a fair number of mainland med schools. (Yikes.)<br /><br />My med school is public, but half of its students are out of state, paying $56382 tuition with $1446 mandatory fees (not including books or health insurance). So that's nearly $60k/yr for half the M1's.<br /><br />Full cost of attendance for 4 years is over $320k. Add in some undergrad/grad debt and new medical grads in 2016 will be over $500k. Not the majority, but $500k+ debt will be common. COMMON. That's before we start talking about interest accrual or capitalization.<br /><br />There are several federal programs (IBR, ICR, PSLF, NHSC, HPSP) that allow for the possibility of a free ride or forgiveness. The stability of these programs with the upcoming "fiscal cliff" isn't confidence-inspiring.Dr. Midlifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06383138099962558285noreply@blogger.com