Appearing in Next Avenue on June 23, 2025, and sponsored by the RRF Foundation for Aging, this op-ed by Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy at NCLC, discusses the Administration’s plans to collect student loan debt have collided with concerns about reducing Social Security benefits and pushing older adults into poverty.
“Rather than just another temporary pause followed by business as usual, this could be an opportunity for the Department to reform its collection efforts so they no longer undermine the premise of Social Security by pushing older and disabled adults into economic hardship or outright poverty.”
Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center.
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