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Neurosurgery Urges Congress to Address Medical Student Debt

  • Graduate Medical Education
  • The Honorable Patty Murray
    Chair
    U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and
    Pensions Committee
    Washington, D.C. 20510
  • The Honorable Bobby Scott
    Chair
    U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor
    Washington, D.C. 20515
  • The Honorable Richard Burr
    Ranking Member
    U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and
    Pensions Committee
    Washington, D.C. 20510
  • The Honorable Virginia Foxx
    Ranking Member
    U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor
    Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Chairwoman Murray, Chairman Scott as well as Ranking Members Burr and Foxx:

On behalf of our organizations, we call on Congress to address high student loan debt levels facing many borrowers, including physicians and dentists, and urge Congress to consider the “Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act” (S 3658/HR 4122) among the potential legislative solutions.

While we appreciate potential efforts by the Biden Administration to provide some level of assistance to borrowers, including medical and dental residents, Congress needs to enact long-term solutions to ensure borrowers do not continue to be burdened with insurmountable student debt levels.

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