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On the recordMay 12, 2023
Does anybody think it is vaguely sane that at a time when we desperately need more physicians, especially black and Latino physicians, that we are asking people to leave school, medical school, $300,000, $400,000 in debt?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders questions the logic of high student debt amid physician shortages.

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