Are you excluded from a student loan?
To the editor:
The Department of Education has redefined professional degrees for the purposes of student loan qualifications, under the new rules that are in the “big beautiful bill.” I am so concerned that the U.S. will have more of a healthcare shortage than we have now because student loans are not available for the speciality that students chose as their life’s work.
The list is long and includes occupational therapists, physical therapists, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, audiologists, speech therapists, teachers including some masters programs, social workers, architects, public health and accountants
The student loan eligibility and limits in the student loans will not interfere with professional validation or quality of the degrees. Licensing will continue in each of the states.
The consequences of this measure will result in more limits to healthcare for the general population .
The professionals are working overtime as to keep people healthy, working with strained to budgets , insurance company restrictions,
Changes in regulations and reimbursement.
As a heath care professional , I for see a huge shift in the availability of credible practitioners. This is not right!
Kathleen Callard, RNBS
North Fort Myers