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On the recordSeptember 11, 2013
If I graduated with $200,000 in debt, I probably would not be running to a community health center to make whatever I would make there.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Expressing concerns about high dental school debt affecting career choices of graduates.

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