Twenty-five-year-old Paige Bruggink of Sheboygan County feels lucky.
With the average cost of medical school being almost $300,000, Paige is grateful to have had federal loans, support from her parents, and now a husband who helps pay for groceries and living expenses while she’s on her way to becoming a doctor—maybe an OB-GYN. 🩺
Between the admissions test, board exams, residency applications, and not to mention tuition—Paige says it’s EXPENSIVE.
Medical students after her won’t be so lucky. President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” caps the amount of federal student loans a student can borrow—not even covering the debt most medical students graduate with. That means now, becoming a doctor may only be limited to the wealthy.
That’s going to hurt people like those in Sheboygan County—where there are only two hospitals that have maternity and birthing services—and where Paige hopes to return to work.
✏️: Salina Heller
