Is there any change to graduate Direct Loans? IIRC, the annual amount for medical school students is in the $40,000 a year range for the Direct Loan.
If medical school students can continue to get that Direct Loan amount plus the Grad Plus at $25,000 a year (since the aggregate is $100,000 proposed), that will help…but it won’t cover the full cost of attendance at many private medical schools.
And before you all jump in and say that attending a private Med school is a choice…I’ll say…sort of. Many Med school applicants get only one acceptance, and it’s not like there are “safety schools” for Med schools. Sometimes the only acceptance is at a private medical school.