TROY, ACOM sign partnership agreement to help pre-med students

The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine and Troy University formalized an agreement that will give TROY students a leg up on ACOM admission.

The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine and Troy University formalized an agreement that will give TROY students a leg up on ACOM admission.

Officials from Troy University and the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday establishing a student pipeline between the institutions.

TROY Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., and ACOM Dean Dr. Craig Lenz signed the agreement, which gives ACOM admission priority to TROY students who meet certain criteria, including meeting thresholds…

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Single-payer healthcare proposal should free the market to allow choice in coverage by Americans

President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare bill in 1965. (Photo/White House)

President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare bill in 1965. (Photo/White House)

Democrats are calling the newest single-payer healthcare proposals “Medicare for All.” America has three major systems of government healthcare: Medicare, Medicaid, and the Veterans’ Administration (VA). Is a single-payer system more likely to resemble Medicare or Medicaid?

President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society established Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 to cover elderly Americans and the poor…

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