You have to return the entire amount of student debt. Kind of how signup bonuses work in tech, but this is for 8 years

why wouldn't it be? if you leave early, you're no worse off than you were when you graduated med school. I guess you could be worse off if you wouldn't have gone to med school in the first place if the offer wasn't on the table...

I'd guess if you leave early you have to pay off your own debt, possibly prorated by years on the job.

To me it seems like such a long period of time that it starts infringing on the employee's freedom.

What's the limit? Can you sign somebody up for 50 years of labor?

Seems to be frequent enough with debt I guess.

With debt you can still switch jobs or move or switch banks etc.

This contract as presented was much stricter.