Anupam B. Jena, Columnist

Making Medical School Free Is No Cure-All

There are better ways to treat the profession’s ills.

August 28, 2018 at 11:50 AM EDT

By Anupam B. Jena

Anupam B. Jena is an economist, physician and the Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.

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Earlier this month, the New York University School of Medicine announced that it would offer free tuition for its current and future students, making it the only top-ranked medical school in the nation to do so.

It’s an admirable and generous decision. The only problem is that it may not have its intended effect.

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