Student Loans Dependent on Health Care Reform?

No topic is being discussed more than American news media today than health care reform. The legislation for reform is currently being worked through the Senate, having made it through Congress already. Now Democrats have proposed a student loans bill to reduce government subsidies of private, for-profit student loans companies that will be tied in to the health care bill. Direct-lending would be broadened under the legislation.

However, according to the New York Times, Democrats predict that student loan legislature will be removed from consideration with the health care bill, as including it with the struggling health care bill would mean the death of student loans reform.

We asked the College Republicans and College Democrats to tell us what they thought of the legislation. The College Republicans did not respond by press time, but check back here as we will publish their opinion on the issue as it is made available to us. Here's what Mike Garber, communications director of the College Democrats had to say:

"Health care reform and student loan reform are two of the top issues on the President's agenda, and both will help tens of millions of Americans and both need to be fixed urgently. However, I have personal concerns that including it in the health care bill could jeopardize the passage of the bill. On this point, I trust that the President and our leadership in Congress will not follow through with this if it will jeopardize the bill."

If legislation remains tied up between the parties, both bills could be jeopardized.

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