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		tristanb on Oct 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who profits most from America's baffling health-ca... Another perspective, my partner is a physician. She makes a pretty healthy wage, but that wage goes into paying off her $500k of student loans that got her there.

GiorgioG on Oct 22, 2023 [–]

Sure, but at some point she will be done paying off that large sum and she'll be living pretty well.

tristanb on Oct 24, 2023 | [–]

That takes a really really long time in a high cost of living city. It is essentially a mortgage.

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