Medical School Tuition Forgiveness Through Service to Marylanders

MEDCHI, THE MARYLAND STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

INTRODUCED BY: Montgomery County Medical Society

SUBJECT: Medical School Tuition Forgiveness Through Service to Marylanders

REFERRED TO:

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  1. Whereas, the State of Maryland has a worsening medical workforce crisis; and
  2.  
  3. Whereas, MedChi has advocated for and been successful in various legislative initiatives to address
  4. physician workforce issues including loan assistance; and
  5.  
  6. Whereas, medical school tuition can be as much as $100,000 per year; and
  7.  
  8. Whereas, Mike Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, has given Johns Hopkins University
  9. $1 billion to eliminate tuition for most its current and future medical students; and
  10.  
  11. Whereas, according to Mark Gladwin, M.D., Dean of the University of Maryland School of
  12. Medicine, “more than 70 percent of our students come from Maryland, and nearly 40 percent choose
  13. to practice here in the State;” and
  14.  
  15. Whereas, the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has been named among the
  16. top medical schools for primary care training in the new 2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
  17. The school was named a Tier 1 institution, which places it among the top 15 institutions in the nation
  18. for primary care training, and
  19.  
  20. Whereas, medical students from Maryland need to be encouraged to stay in Maryland after
  21. completing their residencies in primary care to improve the increasing workforce crisis; therefore
  22. be it
  23.  
  24. RESOLVED, that MedChi seek and/or support legislation or regulation that allows medical students
  25. who are residents of the State of Maryland at the time of their admission to the University of
  26. Maryland School of Medicine to have their tuition forgiven upon finishing their residency training
  27. in a primary care specialty, and establishing a primary care practice in Maryland if they dedicate at
  28. least five years to serving and caring for Marylanders.