The bill, which was introduced in July, essentially would remove financial penalties incurred because of a cancer diagnosis, and students in Pennsylvania would no doubt benefit: The state ranks as one of the highest debt loads with total outstanding student-loan debt of $61.8 billion as of 2016, as well as a high number of student-loan complaints to the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. A full list of the complaints nationally is available here: http://bit.ly/CFPBStudentDebt.