Agreed. He also made some frankly bad financial choices along the way: Taking out student loans to pay for the $1,800/month apartment they were renting, putting

Agreed. He also made some frankly bad financial choices along the way: Taking out student loans to pay for the $1,800/month apartment they were renting, putting off paying the loans for a year+ while the interest accrued, buying a house while still having all this debt so that they could "live comfortably", etc. Dental school is expensive, I get it. He wouldn't have to be here if he made some better financial decisions though. In the end it's going to be the taxpayers taking the hit, however - apparently he's part of a program that will forgive the debt in 25 years.