MARIA: NYU MEDICAL SCHOOL WILL
OFFER FREE TUITION TO ITS
CURRENT AND FUTURE MEDICAL
STUDENTS THANKS TO A GENEROUS
DONATION BY KEN LANGONE AND HIS
WIFE.
HE SAYS THAT'S THE WAY FOR HE
AND HIS WIFE TO SHARE THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
YOU SAY YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT
AMERICA'S WORSENING DOCTOR
SHORTAGE.
WHY DID YOU GIVE $100 MILLION TO
NYU.
>> I ONLY GAVE 100 OUT OF THE
450.
WE HAD WONDERFUL DONORS AND
GENEROUS PEOPLE.
MARIA: IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN
WITHOUT YOU STARTING THE WHOLE
THING.
>> THE DEAN AND I STARTED ON
THIS 11 YEARS AGO.
MARIA: $100 MILLION.
I NOT AM HUGE DEAL.
KEN AND I ARE BOTH ON THE BOARD
OF NYU.
BUT WHEN I HEARD THAT NEWS, I
WAS BLOWN AWAY.
WHY DID YOU DO IT?
>> LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
YOU AND I KNOW MATTER WHAT THE
SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS ARE GOING TO
GET CARE.
WE KNOW WE HAVE THE WEALTH AND
THE RESOURCES, ALL THOSE THINGS.
IF GOD FORBID WE END UP WITH A
SHORTAGE WHICH WE'LL RIGHT NOW
OF 50,000 PRIMARY CARE
PHYSICIANS IN THE YEAR 2030, THE
PEOPLE WHO WILL BE IMPACTED MOST
NEGATIVELY BY IT WILL BE THE
POOR PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE LIKE MY PARENTS WERE
AND THE PEOPLE LIKE TO YOUR
PARENTS WERE AND MY
GRANDPARENTS.
WE ARE GOING HAVE GOOD CARE.
BUT WHAT'S THAT?
HOW COULD WE DO THE MOST OF GOOD
AND HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE SHORT 50,000
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS.
AND 20,000 GYNECOLOGISTS.
MARIA: FEWER PEOPLE ARE GOING
