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Here is a decent write about about 4 such student lawsuits...funny you mention the federal government, because as you will see in this article the Dept. Of Ed.

Here is a decent write about about 4 such student lawsuits...funny you mention the federal government, because as you will see in this article the Dept. Of Ed. Was involved in these efforts to reset the discharge clocks, because the program was going to cost them more than expected. Specifically right before the first batch of discharged loans the Dept of Ed changed their rules on the fly (in violation of the Act) to make students ineligible for discharge. https://www.studentloanplanner.com/pslf-lawsuit/ https://www.studentloanplanner.com/pslf-lawsuit/ Edit: I think In all 4 of these cases the Dept. Of Ed. Already approved these discharges, sent approval letters, then changed their rules and revoked the discharges. Again the rule changes were in violation of law and done because the costs of the program were so large.

fuzz4lyfe 7y ago
If the government is can't be trusted to manage this I don't see how it can be argued that we need more government intervention to resolve the problem.
- will_brown 7y ago
  I don’t think I argued that government intervention was needed to resolve the problem. However, going back to 7th grade civics our government is split into 3 branches to distribute power and provide checks and balances. In this very instance the judicial system (government) is the forum where these facts and bad acts of the government were uncovered and a judge (government employee) reinstated the discharge in 3 of the 4 cases cited. > Judge Timothy J Kelly of the DC Circuit Court found that the original determination letters had language in them that seemed final, in contrast to the Department of Ed’s claim that it was provisional.