"We live in a state where healthcare access is equitable, medical graduates are mission-oriented, the state government is a functional provider of services to the population and institutions are under compromising financial pressure," writes the Star Tribune's editorial board in an op-ed calling for government funding to the University of Minnesota Medical School.
"Already, our school diligently sends emails informing students working part-time during medical training that they are eligible for food stamps, while Mayo medical students hold in their wallet a Bank of America corporate card for research and career-development expenses."
"This state of affairs is not acceptable," the board writes, calling for government funding to the medical school to the tune of $1 billion, which would allow it to recruit and train more of the nation's top medical students.
The medical school receives 1% of its funding from the state of Minnesota, which it can use to partner with M Health Fairview, the state's largest not-for-profit hospital system.
The editorial board says that's not enough.
"We are not engaging in philanthropy at the level our excellence deserves," the board writes.
"We need to find more resources for the populations of students who deserve a boost."
Dean Jakub Tolar agrees, noting in an op-ed that
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