Federal loan caps threaten physician assistant pipeline amid rural healthcare shortages
The Department of Education's overhaul of federal student loans, effective July 1, will cap annual borrowing for physician assistant students at $20,500 — less than half the median cost of PA programs. This is causing prospective PAs to reconsider their training, even as the healthcare system increasingly relies on PAs to address rural healthcare shortages. Advocacy groups are condemning the policy change, warning it will worsen healthcare access in underserved areas.
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The threat of strict new caps on federal student loans is causing would-be physician assistants to reconsider training, groups representing physician assistants said.
Strict caps imposed by the Department of Education (DOE) come even as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has bet on physician assistants to help with the rural healthcare
Advocates condemn change that caps loans at $20,500 a year – less than half median annual cost of PA program
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Advocates condemn change that caps loans at $20,500 a year – less than half median annual cost of PA program
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