Friday, March 20, 2009

Med Students Lobby Congress for Tuition Breaks



WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Medical students from across the country took time out of their hectic schedules this week to talk to legislators -- and MedPage Today -- about top issues facing medical students.

About 300 student members of the American Medical Association were on Capitol Hill as a kick-off to the AMA's advocacy meeting.

In this video report, Emily Walker, MedPage Today's Washington correspondent, talks with three of them about the staggering debt new doctors face, and how that specter and the high costs of malpractice insurance can dictate choice of specialty.

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