The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes the largest overhaul to the federal student aid system in decades, limiting loan repayment and debt forgiveness options for borrowers.
With these sudden changes to federal loans right when I'm about to matriculate, it's pretty discouraging. I've been striving to reach med school for what feels like all my life, and to have everything I've worked for potentially jeopardized due to the Big Beautiful Bill is disheartening.