Senator Obama,

I am posting this today because I would like you to address a serious problem in our country: healthcare. I was recently accepted to medical school, which is a great accomplishment, but there is still a major obstacle in my way of becoming one of tomorrow's doctors: money.
As a graduate student I can borrow $8,500 in subsidized loans via FAFSA and another $40K in unsubsidized loans. My expected budget is $62K. With $20K in loans from my undergrad degree, I will not be able to borrow from private lenders hit hard by the mortgage crisis, and loans I will receive will have high interest rates.
The Oregon Health & Sciences University only accepts 100 students a year. Many of those students come from out of state, because they pay higher tuition to fund school programs. There are thousands of very bright, motivated, and caring Oregonians that would make wonderful doctors, but there is currently no room at the inn.
I work for the Volunteers In Medicine Clinic, and volunteer with the HIV Alliance. I volunteered last summer in Kenya and Uganda. How can I continue to provide low cost/free health care when I will graduate owing $300K?
Catching up will take almost a decade, as it takes time to nurture and train a bright, compassionate, and intelligent provider. By making a medical education more available, affordable, we will assure America's healthcare system is the best in the world
As President of the United States of America, it would be foolish not to invest heavily in educating more doctors. By sending doctors abroad we will revive our reputation as heroes and altruists worldwide. We will overcome diabetes, AIDS, and Hep C if we are given the chance just to focus on the problem, not the funding. Making more doctors makes good sense, and Presidents, like Doctors, are chosen for their judgment.

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