Copy this CollectionIt's no secret that medical school can lead to significant debt. When new doctors look for jobs, they look for them in larger cities in order to make larger salaries. This model hurts rural areas and low-income communities where healthcare is most needed.
The stories in this collection highlight examples of cities and states fighting against this trend by implementing efforts that aim to attract health care professionals.
- A program in California, as reported by Emily S. Rueb (@rueby) and Karen Zraick (@karenzraick), incentivizes physicians with a debt-relief program to serve communities that rely on Medicaid.
- Similar to the program in California, the city of Grant in Michigan is using a state-funded loan repayment program to combat physician shortage, as reported by Robin Erb (@HealthBridgeMI).
- Casey Leins (@casey_leins) reports from the northwest on a partnership between Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana that offers tuition waivers to doctors in return for them to train and then stay in rural communities.
- Beth Saboe (@BethSaboe) reports on another program in Montana that is resulting in an increase in local medical student retention.
