Basics of Critical Thinking

11/21/2021

Erase Student Loan Debt for Healthcare Workers

Introduction and Thesis

Medical professionals should focus on saving lives instead of growing student debt and interest rates. Forgiving student debt for people working in the medical industry would lift the burden of repayment and increase the number of people willing to work in this field.

Millennials Debt Ratio

1. How bad is the student loan debt problem?

2. What are student loan borrowers thinking?

A. Influences

B. Family involvement

C. Hard choices

Borrow or Serve

1. Rising cost of medical school

2. Understanding the long-term consequences of student loans in the medical field.

3. When should healthcare workers start repayment?

Unreliable government programs

1. Repayment programs

2. How to meet qualifications

Financial hardships

1. Student loans or day to day bills

2. Impact of unpaid Student loans

3. Avoiding personal medical treatments

Pandemic

1. Essential worker in a crisis

2. Long hours, low pay

3. Mental impacts due to the death toll

Conclusion

Healthcare workers are genuinely essential in a crisis or a pandemic. Making your next student loan payment to buy a house or car in the future should be the last thing on their minds. Better pay and student loan forgiveness could be detrimental to mental health in health care facilities and day-to-day operations.

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