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Gov’t Cancels $7.4B in Student Loans

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The federal government announced on Friday that it had approved an additional $7.4 billion in student loan debt relief for nearly 300,000 borrowers, many of whom were signed up for the administration’s new income-driven repayment program.

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Judge Dismisses Suit Challenging Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

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A District Court judge in Michigan has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged an initiative from the federal government seeking to forgive $39 million of student loan debt, determining the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue. Well, that didn’t take very long.

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Student Loan Moratorium Costing Gov’t $5B per Month, Think-Tank Claims in Suit

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The moratorium on student loan payments has cost the federal government $160 billion in lost assets and the federal government should be ordered to force individuals with unpaid student loan debts to start repaying them, according to a nonprofit think-tank that is seeking a preliminary injunction against the Department of Education.

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Legal Challenges to Student Loan Cancellation Plan Launched

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The legal challenges to the federal government’s plan to cancel student loan debt for individuals making less than $125,000 a year have started, with a pair of suits claiming the administration failed to take the proper steps before announcing the plan.

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Biden Announces Student Loan Cancellation Plan, Extends Moratorium on Payments

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Surprising nobody yesterday, President Biden announced that the federal government will forgive up to $10,000 in student loan debt for anyone making less than $125,000 per year and up to $20,000 for anyone with a Pell grant, while also extending the moratorium on making student loan payments through the end of the year.

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Bill Introduced in House to Prohibit Cancellation and Forgiveness of Student Loans

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A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that, if enacted, would prohibit the federal government from cancelling or forgiving federal student loans because the government does not have the authority to do so and because it’s “unfair for taxpayers who paid student loans or did not attend college to pay for those … (..)

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More Americans Favor Medical Debt Forgiveness Than Wiping Away Student Loan Debt

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While the federal government still works out all the kinks related to its plan to forgive student loan debt for individuals, the rest of the country is already moving on to the next type of debt they want to see forgiven — medical debt.