An op-ed appearing in the Chicago Sun-Times on September 27, 2024 by Mary O’Donnell, CEO of RRF Foundation for Aging, references NCLC and New America’s new fact sheet in coverage of how far too many borrowers spend a lifetime trying to pay off student loans— only to learn that the financial pain does not go away.
The search for a solution to the student loan problem facing younger people has attracted a lot of attention over the past couple of years. But rarely do we visualize the face of a 75-year-old, working two jobs, struggling to make ends meet and overwhelmed by student loan debt. In reality, though, this issue has a lens of aging to it, one that should not be overlooked.
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