{"id":8453,"date":"2017-10-30T10:37:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T14:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8453"},"modified":"2017-10-30T10:37:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T14:37:44","slug":"med-school-on-the-cheap-why-becoming-a-doctor-in-texas-is-a-bargain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8453","title":{"rendered":"Med school on the cheap: Why becoming a doctor in Texas is a bargain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megha Satyanarayana for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">AUSTIN \u2014 When Caitlin Comfort decided to go to medical school, the Yale grad had her heart set on staying on the East Coast. But her wallet had different ideas. Facing $90,000 per year price tags for tuition, she said no thanks, and started applying to schools back home in Texas. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/10\/30\/texas-medical-school-bargain\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--gmBMF6rtiBO54DMTs3yI_epedzCn4a8LVay3wIoT-RJPBNFvvwitJDAwuk71Mi7pzIOWHjUdBu5eZ52VGwWrgaJAEcg&amp;_hsmi=57876562\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/texas-state-house-with-flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7821\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/texas-state-house-with-flag-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/texas-state-house-with-flag-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/texas-state-house-with-flag-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/texas-state-house-with-flag.jpg 851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Megha Satyanarayana for STAT) AUSTIN \u2014 When Caitlin Comfort decided to go to medical school, the Yale grad had<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8454,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8453\/revisions\/8454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}