Mark Kreidler | (TNS) KFF Health News
At no point along his three-year path to earning a degree in physical therapy has Matthew Lee worried about getting a job.
Being able to make a living off that degree? That’s a different question — and the answer is affecting the supply of physical therapists across the nation: The cost of getting trained is out of proportion to the pay.
“There’s definitely a shortage of PTs. The jobs are there,” said Lee, a student at California State...