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Medical Student Debt


The AAFP promotes the expansion of the workforce needed to ensure that all Americans have access to a primary care patient-centered medical home. Consequently, because the debt incurred by attending medical school serves as a barrier to choosing family medicine, the AAFP supports efforts that assist in reducing that debt burden. (2007)