Comments on: NASW Staff Attends Hearing on Capitol Hill Examining Failed Implementation of PSLF Program

By: dody ricci

dody ricci — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:50:31 +0000

So they are going to fight for a program that is so hard to get that 99 percent of the people applying can’t qualify? That’s helpful. I applied and of course was denied. Wrong kind of loan. I think the program was designed to do nothing in the first place. Thanks President Bush for nothing.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 20:15:29 +0000

Thank you for your advocacy on this! I’m over five years into repaying on PSLF and continue to be hopeful that this burden will be lifted eventually!

By: Amy Herrmann

Amy Herrmann — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 02:45:09 +0000

I have not applied because i had heard about all the issues and forgives it’s not worth it. Why can’t they simply provide a zero % interest student loans with penalty if not repaid? To me that would be a much simpler idea than what they are doing.

By: Monica Bunce

Monica Bunce — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:19:55 +0000

Unfortunately for many including myself, I was denied the opportunity to apply for PSLF because I was not notified of it and have worked in public service since 2003. ( yes a few years prior) my student loans are astronomical after interest and I don’t make anywhere near what I should and will die with student loan debt at 135,000 that’s just from getting my Bachelors and attempting to make payments and only making 36K. It’s ridiculous- you go to college expecting to do what you went to college for only to graduate and the market be saturated with people with the same degree and no jobs available that you settle for other positions in the same field. Here I am 45 and in over my head in debt- no way to have ANY of my debt forgiven because the government once again fails those who work their tail off.