Becker's Healthcare September 3, 2025
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, based in Nutley, N.J., is aiming to strengthen its primary care physician workforce by addressing the financial burden of medical education.
Seventy percent of medical students in the class of 2023 graduated with educational debt, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Of those, 84% owed more than $100,000, and 54% had more than $200,000.
To combat this challenge and the growing primary care physician shortage, a handful of universities — including New York University in New York City, Montefiore in New York City and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore — have launched tuition-free programs with donations ranging from $100 million to $1 billion.
But those efforts have not significantly shifted graduates...
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