Health Affairs August 12, 2022
Michael Losak, Vrushab Gowda, Christian Rose

“I just cannot think about loans right now,” an emergency physician and colleague reported after we attended a wellness session addressing rising burnout and forecasts for a dwindling health care workforce due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I work in a setting where I am face-to-face with the sickest patients day-to-day, and yet if I somehow contract the disease by providing care, I will not make the money necessary to pay the loans which allowed me to do this in the first place.”

On April 6th, the Biden administration again extended the hold that allowed borrowers to delay their repayment of federal student loans. The latest action pauses interest and payments through August 2022, extending a reprieve originally put in place...

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Provider
GOP jumps on chance to bash Biden on Medicare
Hospitals wary of Supreme Court ruling on abortion and emergency care
Will The White House’s Plan To Curb Drug Shortages Work?
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Abortion — Again — At the Supreme Court
Senators press Steward lenders for solutions days ahead of payment deadline

Share This Article