California Medical Students To Receive Tuition Refunds
The Supreme Court of California ruled that the University of California must refund tuition increases made in 2003 to 2,500 medical students. The California Medical Association and the American Medical Association/State Medical Societies Litigation Center filed a joint friend-of-the-court brief claiming that the tuition increases raised medical students' debt and worsened physician shortages in medically underserved areas.
- "California Medical Students To Get Court-Ordered Tuition Refunds" (Croasdale, American Medical News, 3/17).