Student debt

June 6, 2023—Medical and Dental Political Action Committees/Organized Dentistry Coalition (MADPAC/ODC) letter in support of S. 704, the Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act (PDF).

March 9, 2023—Letter to the United States Senate in support of the Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act (PDF).

March 9, 2023—Letter to the United States House of Representatives in support of the Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act (PDF).

December 19, 2022—Letter to Representative Wilson regarding H.R. 8872, the Lowering Obstacles to Achievement Now (LOAN) Act (PDF).

November 15, 2022—Coalition letter urging the House and Senate leadership to include key provisions of the PREVENT Pandemics Act, including the BIO Preparedness Workforce Pilot Program, in a final legislative package (PDF). The pilot program would provide loan repayment for dentists who specialize in emergency preparedness or infectious diseases and work in underserved areas or facilities that receive federal funding.

July 19, 2022—Coalition letter from the Organized Dentistry Coalition (ODC) asking the House Committee on Education and Labor to advance student loan reform bills out of committee for consideration by the full House of Representatives (PDF). The letters also ask members of the House Committee on Education and Labor to cosponsor student loan reform bills.

July 11, 2022—Letter urging the House Education and Labor Committee to advance several student loan reform bills out of committee (PDF).

February 28, 2022—Letter expressing support for S. 3658, the Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (or REDI Act) (PDF), which would allow dental school graduates to defer payments and forgo interest on their federal student loans until after completing a medical or dental residency (PDF).

February 25, 2022—Coalition letter expressing support for S. 3658, the Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (or REDI Act), which would allow dental school graduates to defer payments and forgo interest on their federal student loans until after completing a medical or dental residency (PDF).

February 22, 2022—Letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in regards to its February 2022 hearing titled Recruiting, Revitalizing & Diversifying: Examining the Health Care Workforce Shortage (PDF).

October 22, 2021—Coalition letter expressing support for H.R. 5602, the Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks (BIO) Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021, which would provide federal student loan repayment to those pursuing careers in bio-preparedness and infectious diseases (PDF).

September 28, 2021—Coalition letter expressing support for supporting H.R. 4631, POST GRAD Act, which would reinstate eligibility for graduate and professional students with financial need to receive Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans (PDF).

August 17, 2021—Letter expressing support for H.R. 4631, the Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt Act (POST GRAD Act), which would reinstate eligibility for graduate and professional students with financial need to receive Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans, which are now only available to undergraduate students (PDF).

July 30, 2021—Coalition letter urging members of the House Ways and Means Committee to support H.R. 1285, the Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act, would allow full-time faculty members participating in the Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program to exclude the loan forgiveness benefit from their federal income taxes (PDF).

July 30, 2021—Coalition letter urging members of the the Senate Finance Committee to support S. 449, the Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act, would allow full-time faculty members participating in the Dental Faculty Loan Repayment Program to exclude the loan forgiveness benefit from their federal income taxes (PDF).

June 28, 2021—Letter expressing support for H.R. 4122, the Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (or REDI Act), which would allow dental school graduates to defer payments and forgo interest on their federal student loans until after completing a medical or dental residency (PDF).

April 13, 2021—Letter expressing support for H.R. 1918, the Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act, which would provide a chance for federal student loan borrowers to refinance their loans, and for medical and dental residents to defer payments until after completing their residencies(PDF).

April 13, 2021—Letter expressing support for H.R. 2160, the Student Loan Refinancing and Act, which would allow federal student loan borrowers to refinance their loans when economic conditions are more favorable (PDF).

May 14, 2024 — Letter to the U.S. Department of Education addressing the U.S. Department of Education’s recent proposal for amending student debt relief programs (PDF).

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