Many people, including one of us, have long pushed for three-year medical schools. The financial case is obvious: Shortening medical school by a year reduces costs by 25 percent and adds a year of physician earnings to help pay off educational debts. At a place like the University of Pennsylvania, where we study and work, three years would bring total medical school tuition to around $230,000, not far above the b
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