Becker's Healthcare October 22, 2024
Making medical school free for students has been hailed as a way to encourage more graduates to pursue specialties that are less lucrative and practice in underserved areas. Yet evidence suggests that free medical education has not achieved either outcome.
In an Oct. 21 piece for The Atlantic, Rose Horowitch examined how the growing philanthropic trend may actually exacerbate healthcare inequality issues by making prestigious medical schools even more selective.
In 2018, the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, part of New York City-based NYU Langone Health, announced it would cover full tuition costs for all medical students regardless of need. The change followed a $100 million donation from Kenneth and Elaine Langone.
“The school’s shift to...
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