"Many people work extra jobs and as a result compromise on spending time with friends and family because they are worried about their debt," he said, calling it a small step in the right direction.
"As a biology student who wants to go to med school, I do rack up a lot of loans at school, so hearing that I could possibly get $20,000 or $10,000 does sound really good," Horton told Reuters. There could be an entire next generation that does not have to work extra hours or additional jobs to repay this debt