PCP Loan Forgiveness

[Apterous]

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As most people know there are going to be a shortage of PCP in the coming years. I just read this article that I think many of you will find interesting. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/06/01/gvse0603.htm
As with the DO style that many of us will become PCPs in rural or underserved areas it may affect many of us. We may not be in debt the rest of our lives 😀

 

[toast861]

I think it's awesome that people are starting to recognize that we are going to have a severe problem in the next few years with primary care. However, I myself don't feel that it's enough incentive to go to primary care (if I wasn't leaning towards it to begin with) if someone repaid my loans. There are already programs out there like that...the HPSP, Health Serivce Corps, etc, not to mention some employers who offer loan forgiveness or large sign-on bonuses. I wouldn't want to enter a profession that, by the time I graduate in 2014, will be severly understaffed and overburdened. I'm not sure that's the life style I want. I'd rather pay my own loans and actually see my family every so often. All that being said, I give them kudos for adding more residency positions.

 

[schussboarder]

As most people know there are going to be a shortage of PCP in the coming years. I just read this article that I think many of you will find interesting. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/06/01/gvse0603.htm
As with the DO style that many of us will become PCPs in rural or underserved areas it may affect many of us. We may not be in debt the rest of our lives 😀

would love to see it happen, however I hope it wont mimic the same programs that expect you to practice 100% in undeserved communities that the program sees fit.

 

[MarieMarie]

I think it's awesome that people are starting to recognize that we are going to have a severe problem in the next few years with primary care. However, I myself don't feel that it's enough incentive to go to primary care (if I wasn't leaning towards it to begin with) if someone repaid my loans. There are already programs out there like that...the HPSP, Health Serivce Corps, etc, not to mention some employers who offer loan forgiveness or large sign-on bonuses. I wouldn't want to enter a profession that, by the time I graduate in 2014, will be severly understaffed and overburdened. I'm not sure that's the life style I want. I'd rather pay my own loans and actually see my family every so often. All that being said, I give them kudos for adding more residency positions.

This attitude is a mix of terrifying and depressing to me. If people are scared away from primary care because of the shortage... egads. Talk about feedback loop

 

[Melicopter]

I think this is great. I'd really like to do primary care, but I don't relish the thought of living under a massive debt load. I think measures like this will tip the balance for those of us on the fence, if nothing else.

 

[hopeinternist]

Is there a good place to find out more about the physician shortage or the approaching physician shortage? I ve heard about the baby boomers, and obamas plan and everything. I ve heard that there are going to be a low supply of PCP and all that. I just dont completely understand the final result of all these details. Yes some areas of the country will have harder access to healthcare, but isnt that bound to happen anyway? So why is it bad for loan incentives etc? is that not enough to remove fears of potential new PCPs and getting more people to not specialize

 

[Semicolon]

Higher salaries wouldn't hurt either.