November 9, 2007

AMA Prompts Loan Help for Medical Students

By JJ HERMES

The American Medical Association has successfully lobbied the U.S. Education Department to plug a gap in medical students' loan deferment created by a student-loan bill signed into law in September. In a letter released last week, the association asked the department to postpone the elimination of economic-hardship deferments for medical-school graduates. Shortly thereafter, the department extended the deferment eligibility.

Citing the $130,571 average debt burden borne by

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