I found this information regarding my remaining HEAL loan which has been in default/collections. Now that my other consolidated loans have been formally discharged and they were under the juristiction of the Dept of Education and as it appears is now the HEAL is too, I hope this will have weight in discharging those as well. Here is the information I have found on the HEAL loans (what is your take on it?):
From fiscal year 1978 through fiscal year 1998, the Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program insured loans made by participating lenders to eligible graduate students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, public health, pharmacy, chiropractic, or in programs in health administration and clinical psychology. It is no longer possible to obtain a new HEAL Program loan. The making of new HEAL Program loans was discontinued on September 30, 1998.
On July 1, 2014, the HEAL Program was transferred from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the U.S. Department of Education. Through this area, Federal Student Aid consolidates previous program documentation, new contact information, and new program guidance. The information is organized into four categories below and other useful contact and website links to the right. Each time we update this area, a notice will appear on the IFAP website’s "What’s New" page and in the IFAP subscription email.
