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I know it was tucked way down in the second sentence, but hey: > The Department of Education will send letters to 387,000 people they’ve identified as being el

• bitchypat 11y ago
  I'd like to know how they are identified. Is it just because they've checked a box along the way? I'm relatively certain these people will not be required to submit a doctor's written diagnosis of whatever causes their total and permanent disability. It will probably be more like the gov sends a form to a list of people (aggregated somehow), and if they fill it out and return it, then they get to legally avoid their loan obligations.
  • niccaluim 11y ago
    That is also explained in the article. They matched loan data with Social Security disability data.
  • djloche 11y ago
    From other discussions elsewhere, in order to qualify for this designation, it seems as if you have to have a significant disability that permanently disables you. Eg. It's not enough just to lose an arm and a leg, you have to be disabled in such a way that (current) prosthetics cannot restore your ability to work. Of course, those are the standards/rules/regulations, but knowing the vast corruption within the US .gov, what actually happens is probably a different story.
  • Sanddancer 11y ago
    The article says that these people were identified by asking the Social Security department who in a list of people with outstanding college loans had already been diagnosed by a doctor with a permanent disability. They're basically taking out a huge pain in the ass of these peoples' lives in having to fight for this.