WASHINGTONPOST (Kyle Melnick) - Fulfilling a lifelong dream, 72-year-old will graduate from medical school
Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft, who worked as a nurse practitioner for four decades while raising four kids, will start a three-year residency in July.
AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Trump's student loan limits could rock the health care industry
The Trump administration's new federal student loan limits could force aspiring health care workers to abandon their degrees or turn to private lenders. Why it matters: America's aging population means the nation needs more health care workers, but the borrowing cap could exacerbate the industry's worker shortage , which is already marked by medical care deserts and longer wait times . - "The health care workforce is not a faucet that you can turn on and off," Adrienne Thomas of the American Hospital Association tells Axios. "We're really concerned that this rule will discourage students from entering health care professions because they can't afford it." Catch up quickly: Trump's 2025 tax bill capped federal loans at $100,000 total…
WASHINGTONPOST (Praveena Somasundaram) - Texas sues Delaware nurse practitioner accused of mailing abortion pills
Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed suit against Debra Lynch, who runs Delaware-based Her Safe Harbor, which remotely prescribes and mails abortion pills.
AI:Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Debra Lynch, owner of the Delaware-based organization Her Safe Harbor, for remotely prescribing and mailing abortion pills.Open