Opinion: Proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program would be devastating to new physicians
Public Service Loan Forgiveness helps new doctors weighed down by debt choose lower-paid specialties and work in underserved areas. But Congress might make a devastating change.
This month I became the first physician in my family.
Well, actually, I might have a third cousin somewhere in Michigan who is a psychiatrist. Regardless, I am the first physician in my family that we keep regular contact with. An accomplishment, if I may be so bold. My mother prepared a big barbeque spread for a post-ceremony feast. My godmother brought premixed Old Fashioneds. My partner had to frantically look up pressure washer rentals for our pollen-blanketed back patio, lest my mother skewer us and slap us down on the grill next to the pork.
