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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Eric Berger

Democratic-led states sue to block student loan caps by Trump administration

Cropped shot of healthcare worker in medical scrubs crossing her her arms with a stethoscope around her neck
New rules will limit student loans for nursing degrees to $20,500 a year with a total of $100,000. Photograph: Boy_Anupong/Getty Images

While the Trump administration has argued that new restrictions on the size of federal student loans will lower tuition costs, public health officials and Democrats say the measures will exacerbate the country’s serious nursing shortage.

As such, a group of 24 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia recently sued the federal government seeking to block the new rule, which is set to take effect on 1 July.

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