MGMA urges Congress to protect financial aid programs that improve access to medical education (May 22, 2025)

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5/22/2025

The Honorable John Thune
Majority Leader
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Mike Johnson
Speaker
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable Bill Cassidy, MD
Chair
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions
Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Tim Walberg
Chair
House Committee on Education & Workforce
Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

The Honorable Chuck Schumer
Minority Leader
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
Minority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

The Honorable Bernie Sanders
Ranking Member
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions
Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Bobby Scot
Ranking Member
House Committee on Education & Workforce
Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Majority Leader Thune, Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader Jeffries, Chair Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, Chair Walberg, and Ranking Member Scot:

On behalf of the undersigned organizations who represent medical students, residents, practicing physicians, hospitals, and medical schools urge you to protect financial aid programs that improve access to medical education and are essential to bolstering the future physician workforce. We are concerned about proposals within the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that seek to eliminate the Grad PLUS program, impose new aggregate limits on Direct Loan borrowing, and limit eligibility to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, particularly for physician residents.

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