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Med Students Say Big, Beautiful Bill's Student Loan Cap Means They Won't Be Able to Finish School As Experts Predict Massive Doctor Shortage by 2037

Med-school hopefuls took to TikTok to discuss the impact of the Republican budget reconciliation bill, which includes caps to federal student loans that will restrict the ability of many qualified students to attend medical school. (Credit: TikTok)

Medical students and pre-med hopefuls are raising alarm over one real-life implication of President Donald Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill: dramatic cuts to federal student loan programs that mean many prospective students can no longer afford to attend medical school.

Trump signed the sweeping "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" on Friday, prompting outcry from students whose dreams of practicing medicine have been "squashed overnight."

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