[markmichalski]

Included in the list of perhaps not totally intended consequences: I think this may allow some MD students to think twice about practicing and take less traditional (potentially less secure) career routes. I may be biased, having effectively not practiced for a couple years now myself, but I think this could be a good thing to an extent.

I work with 3-4 MDs that chose not to practice who are now working on defining software/ML product feature requirements; their MD experience makes them solid product specialists for clinical solutions that hopefully will help a lot of people...not having to stare down the barrel on loan payments may help people make these kind of career moves that may ultimately progress the system.

All that being said, we (obviously) need good docs at the bedside.