Federal Loan Policy Is Pricing Women Out of Healthcare’s Most Critical Roles
The July 1 changes are being framed as student loan policy. But they raise a larger question about what kind of labor, and whose labor, America is willing to invest in.
Tess Michaels
Tess Michaels is the CEO of Clasp, a workforce platform that helps health systems recruit and retain clinicians through its Healthcare ROTC model, which connects student loan repayment to long-term employment pathways. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and recent TedX speaker on the topic of 'Stop Paying Nurses to Quit', Tess works directly with hospitals and health systems across the country to address clinical staffing shortages through strategic loan repayment design. Her work sits at the intersection of healthcare workforce policy, employer strategy, and the student debt crisis reshaping who enters, and stays in, the clinical workforce.