<p>"But without medical students, we would have no doctors. It's your comittment to the future of the system. And most people probably don't realize how many of their "doctors" have actually been medical students."</p>
<p>That's why there are medical teaching hospitals. </p>
<p>You don't pay $40,000 a year to be taught by someone in training. These "in-training" can train in institutions that advertise as training institutions.</p>