Also, the article claims all these workers will become a drain on the state as they will be unemployed and go on medicaid and other public assistance. Really? Florida doesn’t have expanded medicaid so it is unlikely these workers will go on medicaid. It also doesn’t mean they aren’t otherwise employable.
This only happens when people are in default. It takes 9+ months to go into default plus they receive a notice to make arrangements to pay their student loans or go into a deferment program. There are a lot of issues with student loan repayments, but there are a lot of ways to make it work too.