In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government said Tuesday it would increase forgivable loans for some students.A nurse greets a woman at a walk-in clinic in Montreal. In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government announced Tuesday it would increase forgivable loans for some students.
Boissonnault said with these changes, up to $60,000 will be forgiven for a family physician or family medicine resident, and up to $30,000 for a nurse or nurse practitioner with a Canada Student Loan. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland acknowledged there's tremendous demand for doctors and the government needs to do more. "Far too many Canadians don't have access to the health care they need," she said.
Asked why the money for this program wasn't deployed to boost the number of residencies to train more doctors, Boissonnault said it's up to the provinces, provincial colleges of physicians and surgeons and medical schools to expand the number of spaces.The Canada Student Loans is federal domain, Boissonnault said. "We'll keep doing our part to make sure it's more affordable," he said.
He said it's unfair to essentially demand people "schedule" when they're having a medical episode because of ongoing doctor shortages.
Source: Loan Digest (loandigest.net)
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