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The Price of Healing—A Growing Barrier for Aspiring Physicians

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2025.24993

January 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This Viewpoint discusses the rising costs related to medical education and how these costs must be addressed for medicine to continue to be a viable career path for future generations.

Corresponding Author: Vihang Nakhate, MD, Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215 (vihang_nakhate@dfci.harvard.edu).

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