Free medical school tuition unlikely to have a major impact on the U.S. health care system

In a story about the Bloomberg Philanthropies $1 billion gift to Johns Hopkins University Medical School to cover tuition for all medical students from families that make less than $300,000 annually. Stat reporter Annalisa Merelli cited health economist and Harris Professor Joshua Gottlieb: 

Without increasing the number of physicians, you aren’t going to have any impact on the labor market downstream. It’s not going to be more affordable to find a doctor, it’s not going to be easier to find a doctor,” said Gottlieb.

Read the full story here: https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/10/free-medical-school-tuition-bloomberg-johns-hopkins-gottesman-einstein-medicine/