The COVID-19 Reprieve on Medical Student Debt
COVID-19 took an emotional toll on medical students. Government grants, reduced interest rates and paused interest collection offered some financial relief. Why couldn’t we make those changes permanent?
Monica Meeks is an intern in the Osler Medical Residency. She loves gardening, cooking, eating and curating joie de vivre while caring for patients 80 hours a week. A former humanities major, she enjoys writing as a way to process the journey of becoming a physician.
COVID-19 took an emotional toll on medical students. Government grants, reduced interest rates and paused interest collection offered some financial relief. Why couldn’t we make those changes permanent?