Advocates condemn change that caps loans at $20,500 per year \u2013 less than half median annual cost of PA program<\/p>\n
Strict new caps on federal student loans are causing would-be physician assistants to reconsider training, groups representing physician assistants said.<\/p>\n
An overhaul of the federal student loan system scheduled to go into effect 1 July strictly caps the annual amount of federal loans physician assistants can borrow to $20,500 per year \u2013 less than half the median annual cost of a PA program.<\/p>\n
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