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PA Advocacy in Action:
3 Steps to Protect Physician Associate Education

A proposed Department of Education rule could cap federal student loans for PA students and other healthcare professions — and shrink the pipeline when we can’t afford that.

  • Professional-degree cap: up to $50,000/year (lifetime $200,000) 
  • Non-professional cap: up to $20,500/year (lifetime $100,000) 
  • Programs proposed to be excluded: PA, Nursing, PT, OT, Audiology, SLP, Counseling/Therapy, Public Health

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Here’s the problem
(and why you need to know this).

The proposed rule narrows the definition of “professional degree” to a short list — and places PA education in the non-professional degree category for regulatory purposes. 

If this goes through unchanged, it means lower federal loan caps for PA students — making education harder to access during a clinician shortage.
  • Fewer students can afford PA school
  • Programs struggle to fill seats
  • The workforce pipeline narrows
  • Patient access gets worse

The solution: targeted, fast advocacy.

You can influence what happens next. Public comments and constituent calls directly shape rulemaking — and policymakers pay attention when clinicians speak clearly about real-world impact.

This guide gives you the exact steps, scripts, prompts and links to act in minutes.

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How to Be an Advocate in Action

Step 1: Submit a Public Comment

Step 2: Call your SEnator or representative

Step 3: Share the guide & This page with 10 others

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What's at Stake:

If we don’t speak up…
PAs can’t pursue education.
Students can’t afford school.
Fewer clinicians graduate.
Patients suffer without access to quality care.
If you take action... 
PAs (and other listed professions) stay on the professional-degree roster. 
Students can attend and pay for school.
They graduate and strengthen patient access.

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Meet Your Guide

Tracy Bingaman, PA-C, Podcast Host, Founder & CEO

Few people know how to help clinicians create meaningful, measurable change like Tracy.
As a Physician Associate, entrepreneur, and nationally recognized speaker, she’s built multiple income streams, scaled businesses, and advocated at high levels—then turned those strategies into frameworks other clinicians can actually use.

Now, Tracy teaches healthcare professionals how to start, grow, and scale businesses that align with their expertise, values, and real lives. From validating an idea… to landing your first client… to building systems that allow your work to expand beyond your hours—she helps you skip the guesswork and avoid the costly mistakes most clinicians make when entering business.