Here's an idea.    The state of Oregon will offer free tuition and personal subsidies for any student that can pass the examadmittance for admittance to medical schools in our state.     In exchange the graduate student will work from 2-4 years in a location, based on need, in the Oregon system.    It will help fill the gap in Oregon for health care professionals, who while new in their profession, will have the latest skills our teaching can provide.    

The student could of course chose to pay their own way without obligation to the state.   This opens the door to students from middle class families that can't pay for the extra years of education.   In theory it might lower the cost of services to the public (if tuition drives cost up, then removing it should lower the cost).

This would go a long way for providing equal opportunity to talented students of all economic strata.   It's a nice objective, but the effectiveness will be in the details.