[_dark_matter_]

My wife is a physician, and of the friends we made when she was in medical school, only one went to serve underserved populations. A big part of the reason he did so was because they would pay off his loans!

So maybe this will actually lose an effective lever at getting doctors to serve those populations?

[phillypham]

I don't think money is entirely the reason that doctors don't serve underserved populations. Many states with underserved populations like Missouri already pay more due to supply shortages [1].

The reality is doctors have the ability to practice anywhere and tend to choose desirable places to live like NYC, LA, etc because they are humans with wants and needs, too. Anecdotally, living in NYC, many doctors and dentists tell me they could make more elsewhere, but they love living in the city.

[1] https://comphealth.com/resources/physician-salary-report-202...

[udkl]

See this comment in case you did not get context on "only one went to serve underserved populations"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39517637

[earthwalker99]

By the dictates of capitalism, this can never make a dent. If it does, it must be undermined.