$8k Student Loan Relief becomes $270,000 PENALTY! How a well-intentioned program could lead Nurses to Financial Ruin

Episode 30

Student debt is so prevalent in America today and it is a terrible burden. My episode today strays from the norm as my guest is not a nurse, but a writer for the Wall Street Journal. Rebecca Ballhaus goes into great detail about an article she and her co-author, Rebecca Smith, wrote for the Wall Street Journal about a federal program to help ease the burden of student debt for healthcare professionals. Tune in and learn from Rebecca what this program is called, how it strives to help healthcare professionals, and how it is financially ruining others. Though the full article highlights professionals of various backgrounds, Rebecca and I focus only on the nurses. Check out the links at the bottom if you want to read the full article.

Links:

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/program-to-cut-healthcare-providers-student-debt-sticks-some-with-even-more-11644421910?page=1 Click here to find the article discussed in this episode.
• https://www.wsj.com/news/author/rebecca-ballhaus Click here to find more articles by Rebecca Ballhaus
• https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/ Click here to learn more about the National Health Service Corps