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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
Tue Oct 14, 2014, 08:04 AM Oct 2014

Veterans Affairs secretary wooing medical students

http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20141013/BENEFITS06/310130051/Veterans-Affairs-secretary-wooing-medical-students

Veterans Affairs secretary wooing medical students
Oct. 13, 2014 - 05:19PM
By Wilson Ring
The Associated Press

BURLINGTON, VT. — The new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs made an impassioned recruitment pitch to medical school and nursing students at the University of Vermont on Monday, urging them to consider careers in the VA.
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“There is no higher calling,” McDonald said to a conference room full of students at the College of Medicine, referencing the opportunity to care for the nation’s veterans and, in some cases, their dependents.

But he also touted the practical benefits. A new law allows the VA to pay up to $120,000 in debt forgiveness for medical professionals. Last year, the average UVM medical graduate had $175,000 in debt.
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