documents a source documents that gave legitimacy to his. claim chuck was claiming thousands of dollars a month and disability payments. then, look at this. it looked like was martha ann was helping chuck. for example, she signed on statements we for supporting checks claim for 100% disability. she claimed that he wouldn t be able to feed himself. help himself, he couldn t bathe, he would wander around the house aimlessly. guys in bad shape. really bad shape. he should be getting more money from the va than but they are paying him. tonight it looked like he uncovered a major scam. and if chuck was scamming at the va, what was martha ann up to? nate ran her name and what do you know, martha ann she was getting social security disability payments herself. she claimed to have back
and then enter retirement on a good note. but instead, i m back in the hole again. so i m just surviving as i go. reporter: he says despite the government garnishing 15% of his social security disability payments for the loan he defaulted on, interest and fees made it impossible for him to put a dent in the principal. while the loan forgiveness program would help people like hamilton, that vet that you saw in the piece there, he says he still can t ignore the harms that his debt has caused over the last 40 years. he has really bad credit, never been able to buy a home, has not been able to provide for his children the way he wanted to. so don, even if he gets the good news at his age, almost the damage has been done for him. rene marsh, thank you for that. appreciate that. sure. that reporting with uz great and nebraska s attorney general will be arguing on behalf of the
paid off. reporter: in 1977 hamilton says he took out a loan for an associate s degree for $5,250. nearly five decades later he still owes nearly the same amount. i thought i would have a good job and a home and all the things that people like to have and then enter retirement on a good note, but instead i m i m back in the hole again so i m just surviving as i go. reporter: he says despite the government garnishing 15% of his social security disability payments for the loan he defaulted on, interest and fees made it impossible for him to put a dent in the principal. now, while the president s plan would help people like hamilton who you just saw in the piece there, he says he can t ignore the harms that his debt has caused throughout the last 40 years of his life.
in the hole again. so i m just well, hamilton, that veteran that you saw in the piece there, despite the government garnishing 15% of his social security disability payments for the loan that he defaulted on, interest and fees made it virtually impossible for him to put a dent in the principle. and another thing he said that stuck with me, he said he hopes he won t die in debt. he hopes to qualify for credit to buy a home, something he s wanted to do for the past more than 40 years. and that, jake, really speaks to the long-lasting financial impact that this supreme court decision could have on these borrowers. all right, rene marsh, thank you so much. white house officials closely monitored the supreme court s oral arguments, one source telling cnn that the biden administration believes it will ultimately win the case. but the conservative justices on the court seemed unlikely to uphold biden s plan. phil mattingly joins us from the white house. what was the mood there as oral a
i knew we had a very substantial fraud case because those documents in particular were used to get benefit money from the va and social security documents a source documents that gave legitimacy to his. claim chuck was claiming thousands of dollars a month and disability payments. then, look at this. it looked like was martha ann helping talk. for example, she signed on statements we for supporting checks claim for 100% disability. she claimed that he wouldn t be able to clean it help him self, he couldn t bathe, he would wander around the house aimlessly. guys in bad shape. really bad shape. he should be getting more money from the va than but they are paying him. tonight it looked like he uncovered a major scam. and if chuck was scamming at the va, what was martha ann up to? nate ran her name and what do you know, martha ann she was getting social security