HR 2028 · in committee · niche
REDI Act
- education
What this bill does
- This bill lets medical and dental residents pause their student loan payments during their training programs.
- It affects doctors and dentists in internship and residency positions who have federal student loans.
- Loan payments resume after the resident completes their program with no interest accrual during deferment.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might pausing loan payments during residency affect residents' financial decisions about specialty choice or geographic location for training?
- 02
What evidence supports that loan payment deferment during residency training would improve healthcare workforce distribution or patient care outcomes?
- 03
Should the cost of this deferment be shared across all federal student loan borrowers, or funded through specific healthcare program budgets?
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Sponsor · R-TX-36
Brian Babin
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
104/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-11
Joining the bill
Chrissy Houlahan
D-PA-6 · original
Don Bacon
R-NE-2
Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC
John Joyce
R-PA-13
Hillary J. Scholten
D-MI-3
Kevin Kiley
R-CA-3
Sharice Davids
D-KS-3
Judy Chu
D-CA-28
Scott DesJarlais
R-TN-4
Brittany Pettersen
D-CO-7
Raja Krishnamoorthi
D-IL-8
Nicole Malliotakis
R-NY-11
+ 92 more
Legislative timeline
2025-03-11 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-03-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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