US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities
https://www.q13fox.com/news/us-to-erase-student-debt-for-those-with-severe-disabilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Biden administration announced Thursday it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes.
The move will wipe out more than $5.8 billion in debt, according to the Education Department, and it marks the start of a broader overhaul of a program that has been criticized for having overly burdensome rules.
"We’ve heard loud and clear from borrowers with disabilities and advocates about the need for this change and we are excited to follow through on it," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement.
The federal government offers student debt relief for people who are "totally and permanently disabled" and have limited incomes. But the current rules require them to submit documentation of their disability and undergo a three-year monitoring period to prove they’re earning little pay.
Tens of thousands of people have been dropped from the program and had their loans reinstated simply because they failed to submit proof of their earnings, however, and critics say the complex rules deter some from applying.
>Complex Rules: Did they even learn how to read in school?
>Advocates have pressed the Education Department to eliminate the monitoring period entirely and to provide automatic debt relief to people who the Social Security Administration already identifies as permanently disabled.
>eliminate the monitoring - AKA fake a disability, get the write off, carry on, no one checks if you are really disabled
Are people so stupid that they don't know there is already a disability student loan discharge process in place?
This is just propaganda to make the libtards feels good and a way to introduce fraudulent disability claims