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Written Testimony to Michigan House Approriations Committee
Nicoals Fletcher, "In sum, debt burden equals poweful financial obstacles to training an adequate and representative physician workforce for our patients; solutions like Senate Bill 648 provide direct incentive for medical students to pursue the field of primary care in areas that are underserved."
Physicians to Legislature: Put Patients First—Fully Fund Graduate Medical Education
Nicolas Fletcher, a medical student at Michigan State University and Student Representative to the Michigan State Medical Society Board of Directors. “Graduate medical education makes it
possible for medical students to learn here, train here and, ultimately, stay right here treating
patients in Michigan.”
Student loan debt root of growing shortage in primary care practice, Legislature takes action to help
The growing debt burden is pushing medical graduates away from high need, low paying primary care specialities in underserved areas,” Nicolas Fletcher, M.D. candidate in the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and student section chair for the Michigan Medical Society.
Med Student Repayment Loan Clears House
Nicolas Fletcher, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, submitted a statement in support of the bill in an early hearing, praising the bill's aim to supply "underserved areas with providers who are educated, interested, and invested in improving the health of their communities."