So I don't disagree. The system we have in the U.S. sucks.

But we should also acknowledge it's possible to get the entirety of the debt forgiven by applying for financial assistance in the majority of cases.

Is it still wrong the system in set up this way? Of course. But there's roughly a less than 1% chance this dude will have to pay 1 million dollars.

Again, even one thousand would be absurd.

But I've applied for financial aid twice and had several thousand dollars of debt completely forgiven after writing a letter and applying for assistance. Of course, it helped that I still suffer from the issue that I came to the hospital for both times and they couldn't help me.