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Exclusive: How the student loan safety net has failed low-income borrowers
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Exclusive: How the student loan safety net has failed low-income borrowers
Income-driven repayment plans were intended to help low-income student loan borrowers, and eventually cancel their debt. New documents paint a breathtaking picture of the program's failure.
Updated April 1, 2022 at 9:28 AM ETWASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) -- A federal program intended to help low-income student loan borrowers, and eventually offer them debt cancellation, has failed to live up
Borrowers are excluded from federal rulemaking committees for having a “conflict of interest,” while conservative-funded think tanks are cited as authorities by a credulous press.
The nationwide pause on federal student loans could soon come to an end. Here’s why some experts say it’s too soon to restart those payments.