Interesting angle on student loans

[dkf]

The truly pathetic part of the student loan scam is that is often the only State funding available to marginalized populations. Here is an on-the-ground report from Dr. M.H., who serves the woefully under-served segment of the populace with severe mental health and poverty issues:

An amazingly large portion of my patients ( drug and alcohol addicted and the psychiatrically ill) are fleeing into student loans and grants to escape homelessness.
 
I even have previously middle-class patients ( many with previously missed "soft" bipolar illness which has got them into deep trouble due to depression and impulsiveness), some in their sixties, who are taking this route for want of any plausible alternative.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-our-lets-pretend-economy-lets-pretend-student-loans-are-about-education

[zazen]

1. so are post-baccalaureate, un/underemployed professionals

Student health insurance is pretty good and quite affordable as well. Two to three years getting a PhD (a practical one) in middle age may help one get a better job, but at least pays the bills and avoids medical bankruptcy.