This is especially true in rural areas where access is already limited, particularly to primary care physicians who play a central role in ACA. Former university president Dr. Richard A. Skinner acknowledges much of the attention in the American higher education is on “constraints and reductions,” but he highlights medical schools as a growth sector. “We have to be careful about how we talk about these numbers,” said Skinner, who retired from his position at Colorado State University last year. Despite medical schools being extremely expensive, both to run and to attend, Texas has opened three new medicine-related schools since 2009, taking its total to nine medical schools for a population of 27 million people, the highest distribution in the US.
Former university president Dr. Richard A. Skinner acknowledges much of the attention in the American higher education is on “constraints and reductions,” but he highlights medical schools as a growth sector. “We have to be careful about how we talk about these numbers,” said Skinner, who retired from his position at Colorado State University last year. Despite medical schools being extremely expensive, both to run and to attend, Texas has opened three new medicine-related schools since 2009, taking its total to nine medical schools for a population of 27 million people, the highest distribution in the US.