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Thank you for bringing up this point. My husband is a fourth year medical student at OHSU and 14-18 hour days are not unusual. We have talked about the resident workweek caps (80 hours) but every person I speak to says that there are ways around this (residents taking home call and receiving upwards of 100 pages). I feel immense frustration that new doctors are forced to perform under such stressful conditions and I feel real concern for the patients.

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My husband is a fourth year medical student at OHSU so this topic is very important to us. OHSU receives about three percent of it's budget from the state. Despite that, a removal of the cap would cause an increase in an already incredibly high tuition. OHSU is a teaching institution which puts it in a unique position with respect to other hospitals in our area. It is also one of two level 1 trauma centers in Oregon. Also, OHSU takes patients regardless of ability to pay. I DO NOT support the removal of the Tort cap. The cost of tuition and our medical school loans have had a real influence on what my husband decided to practice- surgery. You can't practice primary care and hope to live a comfortable life if you have 200K in medical school loans.

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