Melrose Place Imitating Real life Issues to the extreme?

So when the new Melrose Place first aired I wasn't to hopeful of anything coming from the show other then the comedy that is Ashley Simpson's Bad acting who plays the now crazy scandalous Character Violet. But after watching the first five episode's it's clear to me that this show's revamp and new cast are a force to be reckoned with! The development of each character, the plots, and the wonderful snippets of Sidney's past have taken all the viewers for a spin.
One such character is Lauren played by Stephanie Jacobsen! (Who has also been in Battlestar Galactica: Razor and Terminator The John Conner Chronicles)

For those that don't know Lauren is a aspiring doctor in college. As the series open's Lauren's parents break the sad new that they can no longer help her foot the bill for school and is a paycheck away from being kick out completely! As the season continues, she finds herself in the company of men willing to pay for arm candy, sex, or even just a sexy lady who makes one hell of a rent-a-date.
Now, I know this is just a plot on a television show but the sad part is how close to real life this is for a lot of people right now. I've seen to many news article's about Young adults that move to big cities hoping there dream's will come true as long as they push hard enough, having to pack up and go back home because the economy is pushing back harder then it ever has before! It seems like nowadays having two job's isn't enough. And what's worse is most people are just stuck with no hope of reaching upward even if you have a degree. I to have been getting myself together to go back to school hoping that a ray of light will help guide me to greener pastures, and by that i mean More Money!
Lauren isn't the only character who is having issues paying the bill's. On the show, most of the Melrose Place residents are working for people who have ego's and attitudes the size of Noah's ark, stealing, scrapping for cash in unsavory ways or just hoping someone will call them with a paying Gig. What's the message that Melrose Place is trying to get across?
Maybe that by the time the people with money, the politician's, governments, and banks are ready to get off there butt's and help out with this struggling economy, they'll have a lot of people in there late twenties to late thirties who will be in desperate need of some Psychotherapy... or just a lot of upper's!
Thanks for reading and don't forget to check out Melrose place on the CW every Thuesday at nine ET!