A consortium organized by the AAMC and consisting of approximately 60 health professions associations recently sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings urging her to increase the aggregate combined Stafford loan limit for health professions students from $189,125 to $223,793. Students eligible for Stafford loans include those in programs leading to degrees in allopathic and osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatric medicine and naturopathic medicine. For more information, please visit
http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/library/educ/corres/2007/090407.pdf.