CONTRACT AND SERVICE OBLIGATION.—Go to med school with any tuition assistance, be subjected to compulsory service for twice as long as schooling.
‘‘(1) CONTRACT.—Upon being admitted to the Track, a medical, dental, physician assistant, pharmacy, behavioral and mental health, public health, or nursing student shall enter into a written contract with the Surgeon General that shall contain—
‘‘(A) an agreement under which—
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‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (B), the student agrees—
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‘‘(V) to serve for a period of time (referred to in this part as the ‘period of obligated service’) within the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service equal to 2 years for each school year during which such individual was enrolled at the College, reduced as provided for in paragraph (3);
Funny how these things come out and the so called repubs in the senate and house don’t mention these tidbits.
What is the Track?
Now that the federal government has taken over all student loans, is everyone who takes one out going to owe them two years of their life?
Do all health related students HAVE to be on “The Track” and what the heck is “The Track”?
Reading... sounds like if the student agrees to work with “high-needs” they can reduce their prison term by 3 months per year. And just what is “high-needs”??? Auschwitz?
the term ‘disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State’ means a State that is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, for which, at any time during the preceding 7 fiscal years, the President has declared a major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and determined as a result of such disaster that every county or parish in the State warrant individual and public assistance or public assistance from the Federal Government under such Act
The same Robert T. Stafford of the Stafford Loan which is "the" loan students try to get.
Get ready for American "barefoot doctors", ala China under Mao. Party Faithful will be given free Medical School, serve in the corps after in lui of paying for it.
...Go to med school with any tuition assistance, be subjected to compulsory service for twice as long as schooling.
‘‘(V) to serve for a period of time (referred to in this part as the ‘period of obligated service’) within the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service equal to 2 years for each school year during which such individual was enrolled at the College, reduced as provided for in paragraph (3);
So, for 8 years of school you might be an indentured servant for 16 years!?!
Oh, yeah, lots of people will get into medicine under that regime. LOL
You could be fifty years old before you were allowed to start a private practice.
Same as military medical types (docs and dentists) who go to med school on Uncle's nickle.
It's also not much different that service academy grads do. although IIRC, that is 1 for 1.
You'd prefer they get the schooling for nothing?