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Has anyone had any experience with the military paying for their med school tuition? How does this work?

Has anyone had any experience with the military paying for their med school tuition? How does this work? 
"Has anyone had any experience with the military paying for their med school tuition? How does this work?"

My girlfriend did this.  (Army).  She signed a contract with the Army.  They then paid for her medical school tuition.  In return she agreed to repay the tuition by working as a doctor for the Army for (if I remember correctly) 5 years.  Her years of internship and residency did not count.  So she was in medical school 4 years, then 1 year of internship and (if I remember correctly) 2 years of residency.  Of course, the numbers of years of residency vary by specialty.  Then she worked for the Army for 5 years.  She was paid for the internship and residency years, I think around $50,000/year.  It was definitely a long haul, and I recall at one point she wished she didn't owe the Army all those years.  But in the end, it all worked out.  A friend of hers in medical school signed a contract with the Public Health Service.  She had to pay them back by working on an Indian reservation out in Minnesota.  Very bleak place.  There was a story in the Washington Post a few years ago about a case brought against a doctor for repayment of tuition because she refused to work on an Indian reservation, as she had agreed to do, in return for her medical school tuition being paid by the Public Health Service.   Those debts are not dischargeable in bankruptcy and the PHS, or armed services, can come after you if you don't pay off the debt as agreed.

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