DeVos Still Dragging Feet on Student Loan Disability Discharge Issue
See June 17th MarketWatch story ‘Student-loan borrowers with disabilities will be reimbursed after their Social Security checks were needlessly garnished’. Reaction from Allied Progress spokesman Jeremy Funk:
“Where is the sense of urgency from Secretary DeVos? DeVos is dragging her feet to fix a system so broken that disabled student borrowers who qualify for federal loan forgiveness had to sue to stop the government from improperly raiding their Social Security checks. Meanwhile, 42,000 disabled veterans must jump through bureaucratic hoops to get their student debt discharged as they’re entitled to by law. Perhaps DeVos is giving more weight to the for-profit college and student loan servicer alums she’s surrounded herself with than the men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. Secretary DeVos needs to get her priorities straight.”
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