August 28, 2025

RE: Public comments on the intent to establish two negotiated rulemaking committees to prepare regulations for the Federal student financial assistance programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (Title IV, HEA programs); Docket ID ED-2025-OPE-0151.

Dear Secretary McMahon:

On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing America’s physicians and other health professionals, medical and other health professions students, and academic institutions, we respectfully urge the Department of Education to preserve the long-standing federal loan exception that allows medical students and other health professions students to borrow additional Unsubsidized Direct Loans supplementing statutory limits.

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