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Old 12-08-2005, 06:56 PM
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Default Re: Court: Disabled Can't Escape Student Loans

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Originally Posted by gakline
The unanimous decision went against a disabled 67-year-old Seattle man who lives in public housing and had sued claiming he needed all of his $874 monthly check to pay for food and medicine.

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if he has a mental illness, then it would be very easy for him to need to spend his whole SSI check on medicine and food. I've heard some acquaintances say that sometimes it's a choice between eating and taking meds. that's a choice no one should be forced to make.
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