{"id":84215,"date":"2026-01-29T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=84215"},"modified":"2026-01-29T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:30:11","slug":"im-a-doctor-but-ill-never-be-able-to-pay-my-student-loan-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/29\/im-a-doctor-but-ill-never-be-able-to-pay-my-student-loan-back\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m a doctor \u2013 but I\u2019ll never be able to pay my student loan back\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1VfbBv.img?w=534&amp;h=949&amp;m=6&amp;x=443&amp;y=538&amp;s=77&amp;d=77\" alt=\"Arthur Joustra says his debt is increasing each year despite his payments (Arthur Joustra)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When Arthur Joustra took out a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/student-loan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">student loan<\/a>\u00a0to allow him to study\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/health\/aspirin-shortage-uk-export-ban-b2906217.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">medicine<\/a>, he believed it was an investment he\u2019d be able to pay off as he embarked on his career as a doctor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/money\/other\/i-m-a-doctor-but-i-ll-never-be-able-to-pay-my-student-loan-back\/ar-AA1Vf49O?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&amp;cvid=697bb5c683074d60a30b37bec460165c&amp;ei=45\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>When Arthur Joustra took out a\u00a0student loan\u00a0to allow him to study\u00a0medicine, he believed it was an investment he\u2019d be able to pay&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cost-of-living-crisis"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/interest-rate.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84216,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84215\/revisions\/84216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}