SPOKANE — When a younger student asked to meet with fourth-year University of Washington medical student Brianna Cowin, she expected questions on what school will be like and the best ways to study.

“But his main question for me was, ‘Can I get a job? Can I work a job and still do medical school?’ “ Cowin said. “That’s just not possible.”

Medical students are warning that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will impact the future of health care, especially in rural communities, after it establishes a cap on loans for professional programs. The bill states the loan cap will limit students to $50,000 a year, with a total limit of $200,000, despite the national loan average for medical students being approximately $228,000 dollars.

Additionally, the Grad PLUS loan program,

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