Med school graduates are coming out of school owing $100,000 in student loans.
You can safely add 50K to 150K to your estimate.
Kaiser has been getting good new doctors to become Kaiser Doctors.
Besides relieving Doctors from the paperwork created the insurance companies and Obamacare they have a great plan re reducing the student loans of the doctors.
After the first year and each year afterwards, Kaiser will reduce the doctor’s loans by 10% each year.
My figures were from about 8 years ago. I wrote an editorial on it when Obamacare was being pushed.
My ex wife's cousin ran an optometry clinic and he had to carry a million dollar malpractice policy. High risk medical specialties, like obstetrics and cancer treatment facilities have to carry much more.
I don't know what the answer is, but it has to start by controlling costs.