A lawmaker from a COVID-battered state has introduced a bill to forgive student loan debt for health care workers treating patients on the coronavirus front line, many of whom still owe hundreds of thousands of dollars from medical school.
The legislation comes in response to doctors and nurses speaking out against hazard pay, a 50% bonus Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the federal government give front-line workers for risking their lives during the pandemic.
“Essential public workers are the ones on the front lines every day carrying us through this crisis,” Cuomo said in April. “We must ensure their efforts and sacrifice are appropriately recognized.”
But a 50% bonus won’t go far for many young doctors, who on average leave medical school with $200,000 in debt, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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