OMG! My student loans have been forgiven!

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64. History of the loan forgiveness program

It was first signed into law by George W. Bush in 2007. No one could collect any loan forgiveness money until at least 2017 - ten years after the program began.

If someone paid off their loans before 2017 then they wouldn't be able to collect. I graduated from college in 1985. Do you think I should be able to ask the Federal government to pay me back because I was all paid up before the program went into effect?

In my work experience with employees I found that most of them had no idea there was such a thing as student loan forgiveness let alone the terms of the program. They didn't even bother to try to understand. Yes, government rules and regulations can be difficult to understand, but it would behoove me to make it a point to learn about them if it would benefit me.

Without more specifics about your friend's employment, I can't make you understand that there may be reasons she wasn't eligible anyway.